Synonyms for exceed
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ik-seed |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsid |
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Définition of exceed
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French exceder (14c.) "exceed, surpass, go too far," from Latin excedere "depart, go beyond, be in excess, surpass," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + cedere "go, yield" (see cede).
- Related: Exceeded; exceeding. Exceedingly (late 15c.) means "very greatly or very much;" excessively (mid-15c.) means "too greatly or too much."
- verb be superior to; surpass
- It is computed that the expense would not exceed a million and a half sterling.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Nothing can exceed the freshness and charm of our homeward walk.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- Nothing could exceed in loveliness the situation of this lake.
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
- Nothing could exceed the delicacy of its features, or the brilliancy of its tints.
- Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
- Nothing could exceed the beauty of their proportions and the splendour of their trappings.
- Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
- Nothing can exceed the attention which is paid to the pupils.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- Nothing could exceed the elegance of her eulogium of "petit guerre."
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- I believe that in 1870, the yield will not exceed thirty millions of dollars.
- Extract from : « Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining » by John S. Hittell
- Why, they exceed all the Goddesses I ever heard of, by your account.
- Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
- But the doing cannot exceed the suffering of evil in pain, and therefore must exceed in hurt.
- Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
Antonyms for exceed
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