Read full poem →Or that in you disgusts me; here you miss,
Or there exceed the mark"--and if she let
Herself be lessoned so, nor plainly set
Dictionary Entry
exceed
Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/ɪkˈsiːd/Word FrequencyCommon (4.96)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓To be larger, greater than (something).
In a Sentence
“The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.”
Published Usage Examples
“But should they exceed the contract price then the 11 per cent. was to be proportionately decreased by an arranged sliding scale, provided, however, that Van Hattum and Co. did not _exceed the specification by more than 100 per cent. _, in which latter case the”
“Everyone who reaches retirement age is given benefit privileges that far exceed anything he has paid in -- exceed his payments by more than ten times (or five times counting employer payments)!”
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Origin
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Common Phrases
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Related Words
Poetry examples for “exceed”
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