What is "excess" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does excess mean in English? Meaning of excess definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "excess" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "excess": a quantity much larger than is needed

Noun

  • Meaning: a quantity much larger than is needed
  • Synonyms: excess nimiety surplus surplusage
  • Hypernyms: overabundance overmuch overmuchness superabundance
  • Meaning of "excess": more than is needed, desired, or required

    Adjective

  • Meaning: more than is needed, desired, or required
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: excess extra redundant spare supererogatory superfluous supernumerary surplus
  • Similar: unnecessary unneeded
  • Meaning of "excess": immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits

    Noun

  • Meaning: immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
  • Synonyms: excess excessiveness inordinateness
  • Hyponyms: embarrassment exorbitance extravagance extravagancy outrageousness overplus plethora superfluity
  • Hypernyms: immoderateness immoderation
  • Meaning of "excess": the state of being more than full

    Noun

  • Meaning: the state of being more than full
  • Synonyms: excess overabundance surfeit
  • Hypernyms: fullness
  • Meaning of "excess": excessive indulgence

    Noun

  • Meaning: excessive indulgence
  • Example: the child was spoiled by overindulgence
  • Synonyms: excess overindulgence
  • Hypernyms: humoring indulgence indulging pampering
  • Adjective: 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 proper; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light. c. 1597, William Shakespeare, King John, act 4, scene 2: To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, . . . Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. c. 1690, William Walsh, "Jealosy", in The Poetical Works of William Walsh (1797), page 19 (Google preview): That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy.c. 1597, William Shakespeare, King John, act 4, scene 2: To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, . . . Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.c. 1690, William Walsh, "Jealosy", in The Poetical Works of William Walsh (1797), page 19 (Google preview): That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy.The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder. The difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation. 1611, Bible (Authorized, or King James, Version), Ephesians 5:18: And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess. 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book III: Fair Angel, thy desire . . . . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame1611, Bible (Authorized, or King James, Version), Ephesians 5:18: And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess.1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book III: Fair Angel, thy desire . . . . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame(geometry) Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.(UK, insurance) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.
  • Synonyms:

    glut, waste, exuberance, surplus, profusion, exorbitance, surfeit, plethora, superabundance, rest, wastefulness, residue, redundancy, lavishness, overload, enough, oversupply, leavings, inundation, overweight, fat, spare, plenty, leftover, overflow, remainder, overrun, by-product, refuse, overmuch, superfluity, balance, too much, overkill, nimiety, supererogation, fulsomeness, redundance, luxuriance, overdose, recrement, the limit, too much of a good thing, extravagance, extreme, exorbitance, indulgence, extremity, self-indulgence, prodigality, debauchery, dissoluteness, saturnalia, dissipation, intemperance, unrestraint, immoderation, inordinateness, immoderacy, overdoing,

    Antonyms:

    insufficiency, lack, core, little, scarcity, dearth, deficiency, poverty, shortcoming, deprivation, economy, frugality, moderation, privation, need, want, base, few, unselfishness, dearth, deficiency, insufficiency, lack, poverty, shortcoming, deprivation, economy, frugality, moderation, privation, need, want,

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