(v. t.) To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours.
(v. i.) To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure.
(v. i.) To be more or greater; to be paramount.
Example Sentences:
(1) By 1978, the reduction in incidence of measles will exceed 90%.
(2) Other haematological parameters remained normal, with the exception of the absolute number of lymphocytes, which initially fell sharply but soon returned to, and even exceeded, control levels.
(3) On the other hand, the patients treated with cimetidine showed a marked, systematic increase in theophylline plasma levels, even exceeding the upper limit of its known therapeutic range in 4 cases.
(4) Dietary intakes, measured by three 24-hour recalls, revealed that protein, iron and Vitamin C generally met or exceeded the Nutrition Recommendations for age.
(5) When commercial chickens are infected in most sensitive one-day age, the virus titre does not exceed the value of 10(12) particles per 1 ml of plasma.
(6) Simple interconversion cannot account for the changes in binding that occur upon adding GMP-PNP or removing magnesium, since the increase in [R2]t exceeds the decrease in [R1]t. Moreover, the apparent amount of high-affinity complex exhibits a biphasic dependence on the concentration of [3H]histamine; an increase at low concentrations is offset by a decrease that occurs at higher concentrations.
(7) Between-lot variation exceeded that of within-lot variation in 10 of the 14 liquid antacids for which this variation could be tested.
(8) Typical kinetics of local anaesthetics are presented for various methods of regional anaesthesia informing the anaesthetist on corresponding plasma concentrations if the recommended maximum doses are exceeded and thus he gets useful information for his daily work.
(9) The total amount of variance explained in the frequency of utilization (47%) exceeded that explained by other studies of utilization of various health services by the elderly.
(10) The difference in APD between the first drive train and drive trains after at least 3 minutes of pacing when APD had stabilized was not significant for an inter-train pause exceeding 8 seconds.
(11) The mean survival period for all of them was not exceeding 12 months.
(12) Hospital noise has repeatedly been demonstrated to exceed levels recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency.
(13) Average number of metaphase Ag-NOR chromosomes (calculated per diploid chromosome set) in haploid parthenogenones exceeded that in the control; in some cases all NORs were stained by silver.
(14) Strand-length effects on crosslinkage and on reassociation caused solution hybridization levels to exceed those predicted by simple theory.
(15) Although consultant hospitals are seen to have the greatest share of births at moderate and high risk, this is not sufficient to account for the whole amount by which perinatal mortality in these hospitals exceeds that in other places of delivery.
(16) This suggests his wealth exceeds the total worth of 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney, who was attacked for his wealth throughout the campaign.
(17) The complex was found to be unstable toward low values of pH and ionic strength, concentrations of urea exceeding 1 M, modifications of the cysteine residues, and fragmention in which the C terminal portions of either H3 or H4 are removed.
(18) Thirty-six per cent of 972 patients developed fever (temperature exceeding 38 degrees C).
(19) Moxalactam serum levels far exceeded the recommended therapeutic range.
(20) Pure sarcomas of the esophagus are exceedingly rare.
Outpace
Definition:
(v. t.) To outgo; to move faster than; to leave behind.
Example Sentences:
(1) The district’s $110bn of economic activity went up by 22% since 2007, outpacing city growth by 9% during the same period.
(2) For the first time since the second quarter of 2009, the eurozone outpaced the US economy," said Carsten Brzeski at ING.
(3) We will continue to put people at the centre of our relief efforts and do everything we can to respond quickly and effectively, but the rising scale of need is outpacing our capacity to respond.” This year has seen a sharp rise in the number of people affected by conflict, with millions forced to flee their homes and left dependent on humanitarian aid.
(4) The league's annual selection meeting has been around since 1936, but it has increased in popularity in recent years at a rate that outpaces any other major event in the sporting world.
(5) Some argue that it's only a matter of time; girls are doing exceedingly well in school, outpacing their male peers in almost every subject.
(6) The speed – as well as the size – of the temperature rise is crucial too, warned scientists from Oxford University, as faster rates of global warming could outpace the ability of human civilisation and the natural world to adapt.
(7) The 24-year-old, who set the world record in July, tired of a tactical race and hit the front with two laps to go, outpacing the field over the final 800m to win in 4min 8.09sec.
(8) 6 Music long ago outpaced Radio 3 in the volume of listening – 16.2m hours v 10.5m.
(9) The ease with which Costa outpaced Coloccini, then cut back inside to slide a pass across the area for Willian to score the third, was disturbing.
(10) Magna Carta Holy Grail received nods in almost every rap category, outpacing LPs by Kendrick Lamar and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
(11) So far this year 37 soldiers and military contractors have been killed in 27 such attacks, far outpacing the toll in 2011.
(12) In the music market, streaming is eating into downloads to the point where Spotify's streaming revenue is beginning to outpace iTunes' download revenue in certain parts of Europe – perhaps a catalyst for Apple's recent purchase of streaming service Beats Music.
(13) The emergence of bacterial resistance is outpacing the world’s capacity for antibiotic discovery,” Chan said.
(14) But prices are still rising much faster than wages, and Labour believes the argument that the cost of living is outpacing wage rises will continue to resonate with many voters, even as the economy improves.
(15) In the second quarter of this year, the OECD sees UK growth picking up to 3.1%, outpacing the United States, and all other countries in the G7 group of large economies apart from Canada.
(16) The low rate of inflation means that wages slightly outpaced inflation in September for the first time since 2009.
(17) The era is rapidly approaching when the use of implantable circulatory support devices will become commonplace and may outpace, and possibly outperform, the results currently obtained with cardiac transplantation.
(18) Meanwhile, for many developing countries, other sources of cash – such as private philanthropy and remittances sent home from migrant workers abroad – have far outpaced aid.
(19) A delightful flick behind Cole has Sterling skipping away down the right flank, the youngster outpacing the veteran straight away.
(20) "We are outpacing our competitors, and have seen Comet enter administration in the UK and Expert exiting the market in Sweden."