exceed

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ex·ceed AW [exceed exceeds exceeded exceeding] BrE [ɪkˈsiːd] NAmE [ɪkˈsiːd] verb (formal)
1. ~ sth to be greater than a particular number or amount
•The price will not exceed £100.
•His achievements have exceeded expectations.
2. ~ sth to do more than the law or an order, etc. allows you to do
•She was exceeding the speed limit (= driving faster than is allowed).
•The officers had exceeded their authority.
see also ↑excess
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘go over (a boundary or specified point)’): from Old French exceder, from Latin excedere, from ex- ‘out’ + cedere ‘go’.

Example Bank:
•Summer temperatures rarely exceed 27°C.
•The House voted by 327 votes to 93, comfortably exceeding the required two-thirds majority.
•Their numbers barely exceed 100 in the wild.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, outdo, surmount, outperform, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top