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exceed English

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exceed Verb

— If mathx/math exceeds mathy/math, mathx/math is or becomes larger or better than mathy/math. The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004. The quality of her essay exceeded my expectation. — If you exceed something, you go beyond (farther than) the limits, beyond the regular level or beyond what is allowed. Your user name may not exceed eight characters. The length of the soldier's hair exceeds the allowed length.

exceed

— verb be greater in scope or size than some standard Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds — verb (= top) be superior or better than some standard She exceeded our expectations She topped her performance of last year — verb (= surpass, outdo, outperform) be or do something to a greater degree her performance surpasses that of any other student I know She outdoes all other athletes This exceeds all my expectations This car outperforms all others in its class

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surpass excel transcend go beyond outdo pass overstep cross transgress surmount overrun outstrip go past pass over overtop beat top overfulfil overdo overbalance outperform outclass more than dominate win reach predominate overstate override overcome outshine outscore outrival outmatch outgo lame jump over go over excessive excess exaggerate encroach defeat break better than be better than be ahead of win over waft violate

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Simple sentences

The revenues for the first month of 2011 exceed 1 000 000 yen.
His expenses exceed his income by far.
Don't exceed the speed limit.
By the end of the year, the number of people who have stayed in hotels in our city will exceed one million.
We must strive to exceed clients' expectations.
The length of the article is not to exceed 1000 words.
Tom's commissions often exceed his weekly salary.

Movie subtitles

And it came to pass that the Nephites did gather together a great number of men, even to exceed the number of 30,000.
You know, of course, that sabres must not exceed the maximum weight of 60 decagrams?
The King, sir, hath laid, sir, that in a dozen passes between yourself and him he shall not exceed you three hits. He hath laid down twelve for nine.
I seek because I must exceed the stature of man in both good and evil.
I was sure that sooner or later you'd exceed your authority. You have.
And don't exceed 63,000lbs, otherwise we shan't get off.
You exceed the rights of a brother.
We won't let you exceed your limit.
But the King doesn't like others to exceed him in certain areas.
The king has laid, that in a dozen passes between yourself and him, Laertes shall not exceed you three hits.
American or Russian. The expected death toll from highway accidents as well as swimming and boating mishaps may well exceed last year's record high.
You really must be careful not to exceed four bars of pressure.
I'd heard of your gallantry, but you exceed my expectations!
It's the safest place in the world, provided the combined weight of the two people does not exceed 1400 pounds.
The King, sir, hath laid, sir, that in a dozen passes between yourself and him he shall not exceed you three hits.
The latest statistics show that our imports exceed our exports by several billion francs.
Hopefully, our bad deeds won't exceed 75g.
Unless you do not want to exceed evidence.
The punishment can exceed the gravity of the offense.
All rear echelon drivers have orders not to exceed 40 miles an hour.
Tell him that, for his Excellency, Septime will exceed expectations.
The only known fact is that this hold-up seems to exceed all other hold-ups so far with regard to its drama and bloodiness.
Furthermore, it is the judgment of this court that said defendant shall be sentenced to a federal penitentiary for a term not to exceed 11 years.
I'll bet the appraisal is going to exceed even your estimate. Good. Good.
If you'll accept, my pleasure will exceed his.
Because by doing so, I would certainly exceed even my own stupidity.
The actual cost of the contents of these two packets does not exceed three tenths of a penny.
Doesn't matter what they do, you can't exceed your sentence.
The expected death toll from highway accidents as well as swimming and boating mishaps may well exceed last year's record high.
On Tuesday noon or night, or Wednesday morn. I prithee, name the time, but let it not exceed three days.
His ambitions exceed his usefulness.
Curious too, the progression of the obscenities. The last one exceed them all.
The police disallows to hold such game in the country may exceed the limit consumedly because of the speed of the car hand you are a game that say your hold illegal?
Child mortality will exceed child survival.
The game adjusts to meet, and on the last shot exceed the proficiency of the players.

News and current affairs

If coral bleaching thresholds remain steady, local summer temperatures will exceed those thresholds regularly within a few decades.
It has to move forward fast enough to exceed critical physical thresholds, which are significantly higher than those for most of Boeing's other (smaller) planes.
Its defense expenditures represent nearly half the world total, and exceed those of the next 17 countries combined.
Now reality has hit: newspapers report cases of borrowers whose mortgage payments exceed their entire income.
It seemed to many as though government's reach had come to exceed its grasp, and that either its grasp had to be strengthened or its reach had to be reduced.
It is widely predicted that when this happens, the economic and human losses will exceed that of any previous war.
Despite efforts to cut expenditures and boost tax receipts, current and prospective obligations (including pension liabilities) far exceed any feasible increase in government revenues.
Costs invariably far exceed initial estimates, and planners often woefully underestimate the skills and funding needed to ensure maintenance and repairs.
The benefits of conservation to the world as a whole far exceed the value of exploitation to a country like Papua New Guinea (PNG).
If global temperatures exceed the two-degree ceiling significantly, adaptation costs could reach double the worst-case figures, placing a crippling burden on the world economy.
In the event of sovereign defaults, moreover, the cost of bailing out the banks may far exceed the cost of issuing Eurobonds or instituting a reasonable transfer regime.
In view of the current financial crisis - the latest in a series that capitalism has seen - it is fair to ask whether the benefits of capitalism, if any, still exceed the costs.
By any estimate, with a decent safety net for workers who lose their jobs, the benefits of deregulation far exceed the costs and the pain they cause.
Moreover, increasing a bank's leverage can be very profitable when returns on investments exceed the cost of funding.
The German operations naturally generate a surplus of funds (given that savings in Germany far exceed investment on average).
In Argentina, unlike in the US, re-election is unlimited, as long as the president does not exceed two consecutive periods in office.
By 2050, the global human population is expected to exceed nine billion.
They do not have to exceed their previous high-water mark in order to draw a paycheck.
Confinement in a small box could not exceed two hours, but if the prisoner could stand in the box, it could continue up to eight hours at a time, 18 hours a day.
Financial markets have proven unequal to the task of recycling savings from places where incomes exceed consumption to places where investment is needed.
The name comes from the number of parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that, according to Jim Hansen, perhaps the world's leading climate scientist, we should not exceed if we are to avoid potentially catastrophic climate change.
Sometime this year, China's GDP will exceed that of Japan (if it has not already done so).
Given rapid economic growth and continuous renminbi appreciation, Chinese GDP could exceed that of the US as soon as 2015.

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