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exceed
English
Alternative forms
- excede (dated)
Etymology
From Middle English exceden, from Old French exceder, from Latin exced? (“to go beyond”), from ex- (“out, forth”) with ced? (“to go”); see cede and compare accede etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?si?d/
- Rhymes: -i?d
- Hyphenation: ex?ceed
Verb
exceed (third-person singular simple present exceeds, present participle exceeding, simple past and past participle exceeded)
- (transitive) To be larger, greater than (something).
- The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.
- (transitive) To be better than (something).
- The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.
- (transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
- Your password cannot exceed eight characters.
- (intransitive) To predominate.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To go too far; to be excessive.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.6:
- And to speak impartially, old Men, from whom we should expect the greatest example of Wisdom, do most exceed in this point of folly […].
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.6:
Synonyms
- (to be larger than something): outbalance, outweigh
- (to be better than something): excel, outperform, surpass; see also Thesaurus:exceed
- (to go beyond some limit): outstep, overstep, surpass; see also Thesaurus:transcend
- (to predominate):
- (to be excessive): cross the line
Antonyms
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
Derived terms
- exceeding
- exceedingly
Related terms
- excess
- excessive
- excessively
Translations
Further reading
- exceed in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “exceed”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- exceed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- excede, execed
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elaborate
English
Etymology
1575, from Late Latin ?lab?r?tus (“worked out”), past participle of ?lab?r? (“to work out”), from ?- (“out, forth, fully”) + labor (“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour.
Pronunciation
- Adjective: ?l?'b?r?t, IPA(key): /??læb???t/
- Verb: ?l?'b?r?t, IPA(key): /??læb??e?t/
Adjective
elaborate (comparative more elaborate, superlative most elaborate)
- Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
- Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
- The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
Translations
Verb
elaborate (third-person singular simple present elaborates, present participle elaborating, simple past and past participle elaborated)
- (transitive) to develop in detail or complexity
- 1871, "Bismarck", All the Year Round (volume 5, page 129)
- […] by the time of the subsequent coronation, when the Prussian king put the crown on his own head in child-like belief of the obsolete doctrine called divine right, the untiring statesman had elaborated his scheme of reform.
- 1871, "Bismarck", All the Year Round (volume 5, page 129)
- (intransitive) (sometimes followed by on or upon, and then the object of the preposition) to expand/enlarge in detail
- What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate?
- Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?
Translations
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /elabo?rate/
Verb
elaborate
- adverbial present passive participle of elaborar
Italian
Adjective
elaborate
- feminine plural of elaborato
Verb
elaborate
- second-person plural present indicative of elaborare
- second-person plural imperative of elaborare
- feminine plural of the past participle of elaborare
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /e?.la.bo??ra?.te/, [e???äbo???ä?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.la.bo?ra.te/, [?l?b?????t??]
Verb
?lab?r?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of ?lab?r?
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