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How to pronounce exceed in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms surpass, transcend
Has types overgrow


Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds.
Type Words
Synonyms go past, overstep, pass, top, transcend
Type of stand out, surpass, excel
Derivation exceedance, excessive


She exceeded our expectations.
Type Words
Synonyms outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass
Type of beat out, beat, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Has types break, circumvent, outbrave, outcry, outdraw, outfox, outgrow, outmarch, outpace, outrange, outroar, outsail, outsell, outshine, outshout, outsmart, outwear, outweigh, outwit, beat, overreach, shame, out-herod, better
Derivation excessive


This exceeds all my expectations.

Examples of exceed

exceed
In effect, workers will pay medical inflation costs if they exceed expectations.
From the thenewstribune.com
Now, do we need to rein in our spending so that it does not exceed our revenues?
From the timesunion.com
Most years see 4,000 to 5,000 swans stop by, but swan numbers can exceed 10,000.
From the post-gazette.com
We expect capital spending to exceed depreciation and amortization for the year.
From the foxbusiness.com
Employers must give them overtime pay if they need their workers to exceed that.
From the businessweek.com
The income may not exceed $27,214 a year to be eligible for reduced-price meals.
From the stltoday.com
The stands cannot exceed 4 feet in width, 6 feet in length and 8 feet in height.
From the delawareonline.com
This is despite the US issuing guidelines that far exceed those of the Japanese.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It's hard to believe that he'll be able to meet or exceed those numbers in 2012.
From the us.cnn.com
More examples
  • Be greater in scope or size than some standard; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"
  • Be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
  • Surpass: be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
  • (exceeding) far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"
  • *Exceed redirects here. For the planned building 4 km high, see X-Seed 4000.
  • To be larger, greater than (something); To be better than (something); To go beyond (some limit); to surpass, outstrip or transcend; To predominate; To overdo
  • (exceeding) Surpassing tipward, due to relative orientation or length of the structures involved (e.g., lateral branches exceeding inflorescences; hoods exceeded by anther head in Asclepias californica; hoods slightly exceeding anther head in Asclepias erosa). (see exserted)
  • (Exceeds) Matches or is above the performance level the State Board set as exceeding the standard.
  • V. be greater or more numerous than (esp a quantity)