exceed

Etymology

From Middle English exceden, from Old French exceder, from Latin excedō (“to go beyond”), from ex- (“out, forth”) with cedō (“to go”); see cede and compare accede etc. Partly displaced native Old English ofersteppan, whence Modern English overstep.

verb

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.
   Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training. 2012-01, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 60
   Your password cannot exceed eight characters.
4. (intransitive) To predominate.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To go too far; to be excessive.
   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