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Exceeded vs Exceed - What's the difference?

exceeded | exceed |

As verbs the difference between exceeded and exceed

is that exceeded is (exceed) while exceed is to be larger, greater than (something).

exceeded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (exceed)

  • exceed

    English

    Alternative forms

    * excede (dated)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be larger, greater than (something).
  • The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.
  • To be better than (something).
  • The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.
  • To go beyond (some limit); to surpass, outstrip or transcend.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Name the time, but let it not / Exceed three days.
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  • To predominate.
  • (obsolete) To overdo.
  • Synonyms

    * outstep, overstep, surpass

    Antonyms

    According to the Oxford Dictionary website: "There is no established opposite to the word exceed, and it is quite often suggested that one is needed. We are gathering evidence of the word deceed 'be less than', but it has not yet reached our dictionaries." * to fail * to be inferior * to fall short

    Derived terms

    * exceeding * exceedingly

    Anagrams

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    exceed

    English

    Alternative forms

    * excede (dated)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be larger, greater than (something).
  • The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.
  • To be better than (something).
  • The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.
  • To go beyond (some limit); to surpass, outstrip or transcend.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Name the time, but let it not / Exceed three days.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Stephen Ledoux , title=Behaviorism at 100 , volume=100, issue=1, page=60 , magazine= citation , passage=Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.}}
    Your password cannot exceed eight characters.
  • To predominate.
  • (obsolete) To overdo.
  • Synonyms

    * outstep, overstep, surpass

    Antonyms

    According to the Oxford Dictionary website: "There is no established opposite to the word exceed, and it is quite often suggested that one is needed. We are gathering evidence of the word deceed 'be less than', but it has not yet reached our dictionaries." * to fail * to be inferior * to fall short

    Derived terms

    * exceeding * exceedingly

    Anagrams

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