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excess::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | overindulgence |
| Type of | indulging, humoring, pampering, indulgence |
excess::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | excessiveness, inordinateness |
| Type of | immoderateness, immoderation |
| Has types | embarrassment, exorbitance, extravagance, extravagancy, outrageousness, overplus, plethora, superfluity |
excess::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus |
trying to lose excess weight.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | overabundance, surfeit |
| Type of | fullness |
excess::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | nimiety, surplus, surplusage |
| Type of | overabundance, overmuch, superabundance, overmuchness |
Examples of excess
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The fish effluents feed the plants, while the excess plant matter feed the fish.
From the stltoday.com
The Kings, by contrast, can dribble to excess and resort to too much one-on-one.
From the sacbee.com
Eating right and shedding excess weight are critical for long-term heart health.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Last week doctors placed a tube in her head to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid.
From the bostonherald.com
The excess supply of homes also is seen keeping construction at moribund levels.
From the online.wsj.com
Pull off excess fat around bird and rinse and pat dry very well, inside and out.
From the post-gazette.com
No more pins, though the excess fabric was still folded inside, just to be sure.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The school offered several examples of incidents where it was accused of excess.
From the stltoday.com
Seal the edges using either your thumb or a fork and trim off any excess pastry.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
- A quantity much larger than is needed
- More than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it ...
- Immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
- Surfeit: the state of being more than full
- Overindulgence: excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence"
- The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or proper; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light; The degree or amount by which one thing ...
- Unless specified otherwise the client will be responsible for the insurance excess in the case of damage to and or loss of the vehicle.
- Going over the prescribed amount or degree e.g. excess luggage is luggage of which the weight is over the weight for free carriage.
- The agreed amount of some or all losses arising under an insurance contract that must be borne by the insured.
