different between exceed vs excessive

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)

1. (transitive) To be larger, greater than (something).

   The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004.

2. (transitive) To be better than (something).

   The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.

3. (transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.

   Your password cannot exceed eight characters.

4. (intransitive) To predominate.
5. (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 […].

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

English

Etymology

From Middle French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?s?s?v/
• Rhymes: -?s?v

Adjective

excessive (comparative more excessive, superlative most excessive)

1. Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:excessive

Antonyms

• insufficient
• deficient

Derived terms

• excessive number

Related terms

• exceed
• excess

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.s?.siv/

Adjective

excessive

1. feminine singular of excessif

Interlingua

Adjective

excessive (comparative plus excessive, superlative le plus excessive)

1. excessive

Related terms

• excesso

Latin

Adjective

excess?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of excess?vus