(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.
Outrun
Definition:
(p. p.) of Outrun
(v. t.) To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than; to outstrip; to go beyond.
Example Sentences:
(1) They were heading north again, back to Savissivik, back to solid land, trying to outrun the melt.
(2) Many reviewers have commented how perfect the trainers are for "kicking [Texas governor] Rick Perry's ass", or how the trainers were "guaranteed to outrun patriarchy".
(3) The concept of major depressive disorder in childhood and adolescence is reviewed and it is suggested that contemporary enthusiasm for this diagnosis may have outrun the evidence that it is a distinct categorical entity.
(4) Read more The report also said sugar should be avoided, people should stop counting calories and the idea that exercise could help you “outrun a bad diet” was a myth.
(5) They're just savvy, and aware that we're slow, cumbersome and could never outrun them.
(6) In its top territory, South Korea, its current running total, $16.2m, has already outrun all of the Bond films, the source material for its lampooning; after Kingsman: The Secret Service’s top-tier performance ($46.9m) in the Asian country, it’s obvious that they take the business of international espionage extremely unseriously there.
(7) The phrase described “our discovery of means of economising the use of labour outrunning the pace at which we can find new uses for labour”.
(8) Yet however bold her attempts to make history, one fears she will never completely outrun controversy.
(9) If floating communities are the way of the future, we will have to learn this lesson well: we can no longer simply outrun our own refuse.
(10) I realised Dad was right about a lot of other things too - as was Mom - and when I sat down to write about my life, I found that amid the tales of stolen grocery money and doing the skedaddle in the middle of the night to outrun the bill collectors were stories of optimism, perseverance and familial love that I had all but forgotten.
(11) Sometimes fact outruns even the most gruesome fiction.
(12) This judgment sends a strong signal to all who are in positions of responsibility that they will be held accountable for their actions and shows that fugitives cannot outrun the international community’s collective resolve to make sure they face justice according to the law,” Ban said.
(13) Here though Crystal Palace were victors entirely on merit, a composed, skilful, physically dominant visiting team who executed their game plan – pressing Chelsea in the centre, outrunning them on the flanks – to perfection in a well deserved victory.
(14) For Yusuf Sarkin, the gunfire and the screaming and the frenzy of bodies trying to outrun bullets flying through the sandy streets of Baga blended into one long awful blur.
(15) Yet, on his point about the players’ effort, there are statistics that show they are repeatedly outrun in matches.
(16) We haven't outrun the past; we're not immune to history or old prejudices.
(17) Kid Cudi and Aaron Paul in Need for Speed Photograph: Melinda Sue Gordon Can intrepid Aaron Paul outrun the long shadow of Breaking Bad and become a fully fledged movie star in his own right?
(18) What the SEC did not anticipate was that in the new fragmented system of a dozen virtual exchanges, this provided the opportunity for high-frequency traders to outrun the market while staying within the law.
(19) On entering into hibernation and on arousal, the HR change outruns the corresponding body temperature (Tb) change by 1.5-2 hours.
(20) Khan (31-3, 19 KO) may never outrun the questions about his punch resistance, but when a heat-seeking right hand detonated on his jaw in the second round, he took it well.