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excess

Definition

  • noun: an amount that is more than the usual or necessary amount
  • noun: the state or an instance of surpassing usual, proper, or specified limits
  • verb: to eliminate the position of
  • synonyms: superfluity, immoderateness, superabundance

Examples

  • There was an 'excess' of 10 bushels (over what was needed to fill the bin).

  • Eating anything 'in excess' [=in overly large amounts] can be bad for you.

  • The movie embraces all the worst 'excesses' of popular American culture.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Talks like a Bapist preacher There's lots of pagentry going on here... lots of theatre. Close. - The heat from the blast was in excess of degrees Celsius. Any subjects within . yards were vaporized instantly. No bomb parts found in a -mile radius of the Chinese theatre. - No, sir. (..)
    2013 Iron Man 3