exceed
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- v be greater in scope or size than some standard
Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds - v be superior or better than some standard
She exceeded our expectations - v be or do something to a greater degree
This exceeds all my expectations
- Air samples exceed the maximum allowance for both copper and nickel, and mortality from respiratory diseases is much higher than in Russia as a whole.
- Performance at a high level in any sport is to exceed the ordinary human scale.
- In La Oroya, a mining town in the Peruvian Andes, 99% of children have blood levels that exceed acceptable limits, thanks to an American-owned smelter that has been polluting .