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Exceeding has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

The situation of being in excess.

"The amount of rain was exceeding, causing severe flooding across the valley."

"The amount by which her sales exceeded last month's record was exceeding expectations."

Verb
1

present participle of exceed

"The towering mountain exceeded all our previous expectations."

In plain English: Exceeding means going beyond what is expected, allowed, or possible to reach.

"The cost exceeding our budget forced us to cut many items from the list."

Adjective
1

far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

"a night of exceeding darkness"

"an exceptional memory"

"olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"

"the young Mozart's prodigious talents"

2

prodigious

"The mountain was so exceeding high that it seemed to touch the clouds."

Adverb
1

Exceedingly.

"The view from the mountaintop was exceedingly beautiful on that clear morning."

Example Sentences
"The amount by which her sales exceeded last month's record was exceeding expectations." noun
"His exceeding of expectations made everyone happy with his performance." noun
"The exceeding of safety regulations was the reason for the accident investigation." noun
"There is no room for the exceeding of legal limits in this situation." noun
"The cost exceeding our budget forced us to cut many items from the list." verb

Origin

The word exceeding is formed by adding the suffix -ing to the verb exceed. It functions as a present participle that describes something going beyond normal limits or surpassing expectations.

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