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exceeded | exceeding |

As verbs the difference between exceeded and exceeding

is that exceeded is (exceed) while exceeding is .

As an adjective exceeding is

(archaic) prodigious.

As an adverb exceeding is

(archaic) exceedingly.

As a noun exceeding is

(archaic) the situation of being in excess.

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

    Related terms

    * excess * excessive

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    exceeding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) prodigious
  • (archaic) exceptional, extraordinary
  • (archaic) extreme

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (archaic) Exceedingly.
  • *, II.7:
    • Those which write the life of Augustus Cæsar , note this in his military discipline, that he was exceeding liberall and lavish in his gifts to such as were of any desert.
  • * 1905 , The Myths of Plato , page 442:

    • Usage notes

    * The adverbial usage was very common in the 17th and 18th centuries, but is now considered archaic.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) The situation of being in excess.
  • * 1812 , Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command , page 198:
    • I have to say it appears to me in the first place, that the exceedings of expenditure beyond estimate appearing upon that account, do not give to the Grand Canal company the slightest legal right to any public money

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