Meaning of excess in English

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Classifying Adjective
excess
Definitions
1. more than is needed, desired, or required
Examples
- « 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 »
Synonyms
- unnecessary
- unneeded
Noun
excess
Etymology
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin excessus, from excedere‘go out, surpass’ (see exceed)
Definitions
1. a quantity much larger than is needed
2. immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
3. the state of being more than full
Derived terms
- cloy
- surfeit
4. excessive indulgence
Examples
- « the child was spoiled by overindulgence »
Derived terms

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