Meaning of exceeding in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ɪkˈsidɪŋ/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    exceeding

    Definitions

    1. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

    Examples

    • « a night of exceeding darkness »
    • « an exceptional memory »
    • « olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy »
    • « the young Mozart's prodigious talents »

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Famous quotes

  • « Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. »
    Elbert Hubbard
  • « She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, truths which have only recently begun to be seen in Europe and seem even now too great for its common intelligence. »
    Sri Aurobindo
  • « Learning is its own exceeding great reward. »
    William Hazlitt
  • « Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me. »
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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