exceedverb [ T ]
uk/ɪkˈsiːd/us/ɪkˈsiːd/C1 to be greater than a number or amount, or to go past an allowed limit:
The final cost should not exceed $5,000.
The success of our campaign has exceeded our wildest expectations.
She was found guilty on three charges of exceeding the speed limit.
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- Drivers who exceed the speed limit can expect to be fined heavily.
- Sales this year exceeded the total for the two previous years.
- The book's success has exceeded all our expectations.
- The demand for cheap housing far exceeds supply.
- You mustn't exceed the recommended dose.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Surpassing in quality or number
- beat
- catch
- catch up
- compare
- crown
- eclipse
- go one better idiom
- leave sb standing idiom
- north
- north of sth idiom
- outran
- outrun
- outsell
- outshine
- outstrip
- overshadow
- tower above/over sth
- transcend
- upstage
- writ large idiom
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