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    [Noun]  | "ex*cess" | \ ik-ˈses \


    1: the state or an instance of surpassing usual, proper, or specified limits : superfluity

    2: the amount or degree by which one thing or quantity exceeds another

    3: undue or immoderate indulgence : intemperance; also : an act or instance of intemperance

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French exces, from Late Latin excessus, from Latin, departure, projection, from excedere to exceed;

    [Adjective]  | "excess" 


    1: more than the usual, proper, or specified amount

    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Verb]  | "excess" 


    1: to eliminate the position of

    Origin: 1971 ;

    [Phrase]  | "in excess of" 


    1: to an amount or degree beyond : over

    [Idiom]  | "in excess" 


    1: in overly large amounts

    [Idiom]  | "to excess" 


    1: more than is usual, normal, or proper

    [Adjective]  | "excess" 


    1: being over what is needed;


      * e.g., " ... any excess food from the party will be donated to a shelter for the homeless "



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    [Noun]  | "excess" 


    1: the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed;


      * e.g., " ... a new television season with an excess of sitcoms featuring wisecracking teenagers "




    2: a propensity for extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits;


      * e.g., " ... the wretched excess that is so often found in the world of show business "




    [Verb]  | "excess" 


     

     

     

     

     


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