surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
(verb) 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”
exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top
(verb) be superior or better than some standard; “She exceeded our expectations”; “She topped her performance of last year”
exceed, transcend, surpass
(verb) be greater in scope or size than some standard; “Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
exceed (third-person singular simple present exceeds, present participle exceeding, simple past and past participle exceeded)
(transitive) To be larger, greater than (something).
(transitive) To be better than (something).
(transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
(intransitive) To predominate.
(intransitive, obsolete) To go too far; to be excessive.
• (to be larger than something): outbalance, outweigh
• (to be better than something): excel, outperform, surpass; see also exceed
• (to go beyond some limit): outstep, overstep, surpass; see also transcend
• (to predominate)
• (to be excessive): cross the line
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
• to subceed
• excede, execed
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*ceed", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Exceeding.] Etym: [L. excedere, excessum, to go away or beyond; ex out + cedere to go, to pass: cf. F. excéder. See Cede.]
Definition: To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power, skill, etc. ; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours. Name the time, but let it not Exceed three days. Shak. Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. Pope.
Syn.
– To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie; overtop.
Ex*ceed", v. i.
1. To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure. "In our reverence to whom, we can not possibly exceed." Jer. Taylor. Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed. Deut. xxv. 3.
2. To be more or greater; to be paramount. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
