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excess
Found in thesaurus: overabundance, overmuchness, overmuch, superabundance, immoderateness, immoderation, fullness, indulging, humoring, pampering, indulgence
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excess
adj.
extra, leftover, superfluous, above and beyond
n.
overabundance, surplus; overindulgence, immoderation
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Excess
Excess may refer to:
- Angle excess, in spherical trigonometry
- Insurance excess, similar to a deductible
- Excess, in chemistry, a reagent that is not the limiting reagent
- "Excess", a song by Tricky from the album Blowback
- Excess (album), an album by Coma
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excess
Noun
1. a quantity much larger than is needed
(synonym) surplus, surplusage, nimiety
(hypernym) overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance
2. immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
(synonym) excessiveness, inordinateness
(hypernym) immoderation, immoderateness
(hyponym) extravagance, extravagancy
3. the state of being more than full
(synonym) surfeit, overabundance
(hypernym) fullness
4. excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence"
(synonym) overindulgence
(hypernym) indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
Adjective
1. more than is needed, desired, or required; "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"
(synonym) extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus
(similar) unnecessary, unneeded
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excess
příd.jm.
nadbytečný; přebytečný
n.
nadbytek; přebytek; víc(e) než co
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excess
Przym.
nadmierny; przekraczający normę
Rzecz.
nadmiar; ponad
