exceed

Definitions


[ɛkˈsiːd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- be greater in number or size than (a quantity, number, or other measurable thing)
(e.g: production costs have exceeded £60,000)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘go over a boundary or specified point’): from Old French exceder, from Latin excedere, from ex- ‘out’ + cedere ‘go’




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