What does exceed mean?
Word: Exceed
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Exceed means to be more than a particular number or amount. It can also mean to go beyond what is allowed or expected.
Synonyms: surpass, outdo
Word origin: Comes through Old French from Latin, from a verb meaning to go out or go beyond.
How do you spell exceed?
Syllables: ex - ceed
Tricky part: The ending sounds exactly like the ending of precede and concede, which are spelt -cede, so students write excede.
Watch out for: excede, exseed, exeed
Memory tip: Only three common words end in -ceed: succeed, proceed and exceed. Chant them as a set: if you exceed your target, you succeed, then proceed.
Exceed in a sentence
Example 1: The number of visitors at the book fair exceeded everyone's hopes.
Example 2: Your bag must not exceed fifteen kilograms on this flight.
Example 3: Kabir's score in the maths test exceeded his target by ten marks.
Fun Fact
Exceed and excess are related: both come from the Latin verb excedere, and the noun excess keeps the idea of going past a limit.
Practise the CREST Way
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
xdeece
a) to make something smaller over time
b) to rise above a set figure or mark
c) to leave a place in a hurry
d) to stay at exactly the same level
Show answer
b) to rise above a set figure or mark. The six letters make exceed: a bill can exceed its budget, for example.
Word Twins
Choose the correct option to fill both blanks:
1. The cost of the school trip is not likely to ___ two thousand rupees. 2. The principal was happy to ___ to the students' request for a longer lunch break.
a) 'exceed' in both
b) exceed/accede
c) accede/exceed
d) 'accede' in both
Show answer
b) exceed/accede. A cost can exceed a limit, while to accede to a request is to agree to it.
Sound Check
In which word is 'ex' pronounced differently?
a) exceed
b) excel
c) exact
d) excite
Show answer
c) exact. In exact the x is said 'gz'; in the other three it is said 'ks'.
Word Champ
Read the statements and choose the correct option:
1. To exceed a target is to go beyond it. 2. To concede a point is to refuse to admit that it is true. 3. To surpass a record is to do better than it.
a) only 2 and 3 are true
b) only 1 is true
c) all three are true
d) only 1 and 3 are true
Show answer
d) only 1 and 3 are true. To concede a point is to admit that it is true, so statement 2 is false.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A lift sign says 'Maximum 8 people'. When is the limit exceeded?
a) when 9 people get in
b) when the lift is empty
c) when 6 people get in
d) when 8 people get in
Show answer
a) when 9 people get in
2. A runner who exceeds expectations ___.
a) does worse than everyone had hoped
b) does better than people thought she would
c) does exactly as well as people guessed
d) stops running before the finish line
Show answer
b) does better than people thought she would
