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excess
[ noun ik-ses, ek-ses; adjective verb ek-ses, ik-ses ]
noun
His strength is in excess of yours.
- the amount or degree by which one thing exceeds another:
The bill showed an excess of several hundred dollars over the estimate.
- an extreme or excessive amount or degree; superabundance:
to have an excess of energy.
Synonyms:
Antonyms: ,
- a going beyond what is regarded as customary or proper:
to talk to excess.
- immoderate indulgence; intemperance in eating, drinking, etc.
adjective
- more than or above what is necessary, usual, or specified; extra:
a charge for excess baggage; excess profits.
verb (used with object)
- to dismiss, demote, transfer, or furlough (an employee), especially as part of a mass layoff.
excess
noun
- the state or act of going beyond normal, sufficient, or permitted limits
- an immoderate or abnormal amount, number, extent, or degree too much or too many
an excess of tolerance
- the amount, number, extent, or degree by which one thing exceeds another
- chem a quantity of a reagent that is greater than the quantity required to complete a reaction
add an excess of acid
- overindulgence or intemperance
- insurance a specified contribution towards the cost of a claim, stipulated on certain insurance policies as being payable by the policyholder
- in excess ofof more than; over
- to excessto an inordinate extent; immoderately
he drinks to excess
adjective
- more than normal, necessary, or permitted; surplus
excess weight
- payable as a result of previous underpayment
an excess fare for a railway journey
excess postage
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of excess1
Idioms and Phrases
see carry too far (to excess) ; in excess of .Example Sentences
Over nine minutes and six seconds it achieves Caligulan levels of excess, full of scorching guitar solos, throat-shredding vocal runs, and even an orchestral coda.
"We already have several bids on it and some of them are in excess of the guide price," said Simon Fielding, of Fine and Country.
California officials want to reduce the financial credits that households with rooftop solar panels can earn for excess energy.
It lives in the ripple effect of ballpark excess.
Scientists also once thought obesity was in part caused by excess cannabinoids and designed a drug called rimonabant to block this system.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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