Definitions of excess [ɪkˈsɛs, ˈɛk sɛs]

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Definition of 'excess'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) excess
the fact of exceeding something else in amount or degree:
The package weighed in excess of fifty pounds.

2.  excess
the amount or degree by which one thing exceeds another.

3.  excess
an extreme or excessive amount or degree; superabundance.

4.  excess
a going beyond what is regarded as customary or proper:
to talk to excess.

5.  excess
immoderate indulgence; intemperance in eating, drinking, etc.

6. (adj.) excess
more than or above what is necessary, usual, or specified; extra:
excess profits.

7. (v.t.) excess
to dismiss, demote, transfer, or furlough (an employee), esp. as part of a mass layoff.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L excessus departure, digression)

Definition of 'excess'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) excess, surplus, surplusage, nimiety
a quantity much larger than is needed

2. (noun) excess, excessiveness, inordinateness
immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits

3. (noun) surfeit, excess, overabundance
the state of being more than full

4. (adj) overindulgence, excess
excessive indulgence
"the child was spoiled by overindulgence"

5. (adj) excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus
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"

Definition of 'excess'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) excess
a larger than necessary amount; = surplus
an excess of fruit that would rot in the heat

2. excess
to excess
too much
to drink to excess

3. excess
excesses
behavior involving doing too much of sth
the excesses of youth

Definition of 'excess'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) excess
the state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light

2. (noun) excess
an undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation

3. (noun) excess
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

Translation of 'excess'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the (act of) going beyond normal or suitable limits He ate well, but not to excess.
Afrikaans: te veel	Arabic: تَجاوُز	Bulgarian: излишък
Brazilian: excesso	Czech: nestřídmost	German: dasÜbermaß
Danish: til overmål; for meget	Greek: υπερβολή, υπέρβαση	Spanish: exceso
Estonian: liialeminek	Farsi: زیاده روی؛ افراط	Finnish: liika
French: excès	Hebrew: יוֹתֶר מִדָי	Hindi: बहुत अधिक
Croatian: prekomjerno, preobilno	Hungarian: túlzás	Indonesian: berlebih-lebihan
Icelandic: óhóf	Italian: eccesso	Japanese: 過度
Korean: 과잉	Lithuanian: viršijimas, nesaikingumas	Latvian: pārmērība
Malay: berlebih-lebihan	Dutch: overmaat	Norwegian: overmål; utskeielse, utsv
Polish: nadmiar	Persian: زیاده روی؛ افراط	Pashto: پريمانى، ډيروالى، زياتى،
Portuguese: excesso	Romanian: exces	Russian: излишество
Slovak: nestriedmosť	Slovenian: pretiravanje	Serbian: preterivanje
Swedish: överdrift, omåttlighet	Thai: พฤติกรรมที่เกินขอบเขต	Turkish: aşırı
Taiwanese: 無節制	Ukrainian: надлишок, надмір	Urdu: زیادتی
Vietnamese: sự quá mức	Chinese: 无节制
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