/ ɪkˈsiːd; NAmE / verb [ vn ] ( formal )
1.
to be greater than a particular number or amount :
The price will not exceed £100.
His achievements have exceeded expectations .
2.
to do more than the law or an order, etc. allows you to do :
She was exceeding the speed limit (= driving faster than is allowed) .
The officers had exceeded their authority.
—see also excess
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the sense go over (a boundary or specified point) ): from Old French exceder , from Latin excedere , from ex- out + cedere go.