Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of exceed
comparative more exceeding · superlative most exceeding
- archaicprodigious
- archaicexceptional, extraordinary
- archaicextreme
comparative more exceeding · superlative most exceeding
- archaicExceedingly.
1:14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
1611, First Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy (AV)2 more examples
Those which write the life of Augustus Cæsar, note this in his military discipline, that he was exceeding liberall and lavish in his gifts to such as were of any desert[…].
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 7, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC[…] a mighty huge hole or gulf all round, in manner of a hollow globe cut through the midst, exceeding deep and horrible to see to, full of much darkness, […]
1905, The Myths of Plato, page 442
plural exceedings
- The situation of being in excess.
I have to say it appears to me in the first place, that the exceedings of expenditure beyond estimate appearing upon that account, do not give to the Grand Canal company the slightest legal right to any public money[…]
1812, Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, page 198
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivefar beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Esperanto tre ega
- tre egaextreme
Spanish excedente, excediente
- excedenteextreme
- excedienteextreme
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with exceeding
Cite this entry
exceeding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exceeding
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