EXCESS
\ɛksˈɛs], \ɛksˈɛs], \ɛ_k_s_ˈɛ_s]\
Definitions of EXCESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
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excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence"
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immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
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a quantity much larger than is needed
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the state of being more than full
By Princeton University
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excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence"
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immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
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a quantity much larger than is needed
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the state of being more than full
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.
By Oddity Software
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The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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That which passes the due limit.
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Inordinate gratification.
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The amount by which one thing is greater than another; overplus.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] State of surpassing or going beyond limits; superfluity; superabundance;—transgression of due limits; indulgence of passion or appetite; violence intemperance; gluttony; dissipation; — degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder after subtraction.
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More than enough, superfluity; intemperance, unreasonable indulgence; transgression of due limits.
By Thomas Sheridan
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