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The Meaning of exceed

  • (v. t.) To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours.
  • (v. i.) To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure.
  • (v. i.) To be more or greater; to be paramount.

Synonyms

surmount , outstrip , outmatch , outgo , go by , travel by , outperform , stand out , overstep , top , excel , go past , transcend , pass , pass by , outdo , surpass , run , perish , elapse , make pass , lead , put across , draw , evanesce , occur , die , transgress , trespass , excrete , turn over , pass away , spend , slide by , top off , go , hand , legislate , happen , egest , return , slip away , drop dead , make it , authorize , pop off , fleet , devolve , cash in one's chips , kick the bucket , give , fall out , hap , slip by , top out , go on , sink , eliminate , croak , lapse , fade , crown , pass off , give-up the ghost , pinch , blow over , take place , expire , overhaul , go through , reach , communicate , come about , choke , go across , snuff it , overtake , glide by , extend , decease , fall , clear , exit , conk , buy the farm , pass along , authorise , go along , guide , pass on , master , outflank , overcome , scoop , get over , distance , best , scale , outdistance , trump , subdue

Rhymes

accede , agreed , aidid , airspeed , alwaleed , aniseed , appleseed , aristede , aristide , bead , bede , beede , bleed , brede , breed , cede , centipede , concede , cottonseed , creed , decreed , dede , deed , degreed , disagreed , duckweed , ede , fede , feed , fireweed , flaxseed , frede , freed , freid , fried , friede , gaede , ganymede , gilead , glede , gleed , greed , guaranteed , hamid , heed , impede , inbreed , indeed , intercede , keyed , knead , kneed , laclede , lead , leed , linseed , lipide , mead , meade , milkweed , misdeed , mislead , misread , need , nied , nosebleed , oilseed , peed , pitied , plead , pokeweed , precede , proceed , proofread , prophesied , ragweed , rapeseed , rasheed , rashid , read , recede , reed , reid , reread , reseed , ried , riede , schmead , screed , seaweed , secede , seed , shaheed , siegfried , sinead , skied , smead , snead , sneed , speed , stampede , steed , streed , succeed , swede , teide , thede , thiede , tiede , treed , tweed , vahid , wahid , waleed , walid , weed , wied , wrede