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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
exceed/ɪkˈsiːd/

▶verb be greater in number or size than.

■ go beyond what is allowed or stipulated by (a set limit).

■ be better than; surpass.

– origin ME: from OFr. exceder, from L. excedere, from ex- ‘out’ + cedere ‘go’.

'exceed' also found in these Oxford entries:

excess - far - majority - outmeasure - outrace - outrage - outrun - outstep - outstrip - overrun - overshoot - overstep - overtop - pass - run

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