exceeds

Exceeds is the third-person singular present tense of the verb exceed. It means to go beyond a limit, boundary, or expectation; to be greater than something. In grammar, it is used with a singular subject, while the base form is exceed, the past tense and past participle form is exceeded, and the present participle form is exceeding. The term is transitive, as in "The limit exceeds the allowable amount," and can also appear in intransitive constructions in different styles.

Etymology traces exceed to Old French exceder and Latin excedere, from ex- meaning "out" and cedo meaning "to go" or "to yield." The word has retained a precise sense of surpassing a defined bound across legal, mathematical, scientific, and everyday language.

Usage and context: exceeds is used to indicate that something is greater than a specified threshold, standard, or expectation. In mathematics, one might say "x exceeds y" to denote x > y. In business and governance, statements such as "The project exceeds its budget" or "The calendar date exceeds the deadline" are common in reporting. The phrase not to exceed appears in contracts and procurement to cap costs or scope.

Related terms include exceedance (the act or instance of exceeding), excessive (adjective describing beyond what is appropriate), and synonyms such as surpass or outstrip, though they carry subtly different connotations.

Examples: "The supplier's delivery time exceeds the promised schedule." "Attendance at the conference exceeded projections."