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- Dictionaryexcess/ˈɛksɛs/
noun
- 1. an amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable: "are you suffering from an excess of stress in your life?" Similar Opposite
- 2. lack of moderation, especially in eating or drinking: "bouts of alcoholic excess" Similar Opposite
adjective
- 1. exceeding a prescribed or desirable amount: "trim any excess fat off the meat"
- 2. required as extra payment: British "the full excess fare had to be paid"
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Learn the various meanings and uses of the word excess in English, with synonyms, pronunciation, and examples. Excess can be a noun, adjective, or verb, and it can refer to too much of something, a surplus, or a contribution to a claim.
Excess is too much of something, like big-time overindulgence. Eating to excess makes your stomach hurt, and spending to excess means you can't pay your credit card bills.
Excess is the fact of exceeding something else in amount or degree, or an extreme or excessive amount or degree. It can also mean a surplus, an overindulgence, or a quantity of a reagent in a chemical reaction.
Excess is an amount that is more than acceptable, expected, or reasonable, or actions far past the limit of what is acceptable. Learn more about the meaning, usage and synonyms of excess with Cambridge Dictionary.
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