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verb

1. To be greater or better than: best, better¹, excel, outdo, outmatch, outrun, outshine, outstrip, pass, surpass, top, transcend. Informal beat. Idioms: go beyond, go one better. See big/small/amount.
2. To go beyond the limits of: overreach, overrun, overstep, surpass, transcend. See excess/insufficiency/enough.

v

Definition: be superior to; surpass
Antonyms: be inferior, fail, fall behind

IN BRIEF: Be or do something to a greater degree.

Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations. — Unknown

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Common misspelling(s) of exceeded

• excedded

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - overstige, overskride, overgå

idioms:

• exceed in    overgå med hensyn til

Nederlands (Dutch)
overschrijden, overtreffen, te buiten gaan, overheersen, uitblinken

Français (French)
v. tr. - dépasser, excéder, exceller, aller au-delà de, (Aut) dépasser (la vitesse autorisée), (Jur) dépasser (une amende)

idioms:

• exceed in    surpasser en, excéder en

Deutsch (German)
v. - übersteigen, überschreiten

idioms:

• exceed in    übersteigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - υπερβαίνω, ξεπερνώ, εξέρχομαι, το παρακάνω, υπερβάλλω

idioms:

• exceed in    υπερβάλλω σε

Italiano (Italian)
eccedere, sorpassare

idioms:

• exceed in    superare in

Português (Portuguese)
v. - exceder, sobressair

idioms:

• exceed in    ser melhor do que alguém com relação a determinado assunto

Русский (Russian)
превышать, превосходить, нарушать, просрочить

idioms:

• exceed in    превосходить в чем-либо

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - traspasar, rebasar, sobrepasar, exceder, superar, sobrepasar a

idioms:

• exceed in    exceder en, superar en

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - överstiga, överskrida, övergå

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
超过, 胜过, 超越

idioms:

• exceed in    在...方面超过

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 超過, 勝過, 超越

idioms:

• exceed in    在...方面超過

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 초과하다

idioms:

• exceed in    도를 지나치다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 限度を超える, 越えて広がる, 卓越する, 他よりすぐれる, 優れる

idioms:

• exceed in    優る, 凌駕する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتجاوز, يتفوق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עלה על, עבר‬

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