- [singular, uncountable] more than is necessary, reasonable or acceptable
- You can throw away any excess.
- excess of something Are you suffering from an excess of stress in your life?
- In an excess of enthusiasm I agreed to work late.
- to excess He was now eating to excess as a result of stress.
- in excess of something The increase will not be in excess of (= more than) two per cent.
Extra Examples- ‘Avoid excess’ is the golden rule for a healthy life.
- a large excess of gas
- His statements cannot be simply dismissed as rhetorical excess.
- The car can travel at speeds in excess of 150 miles per hour.
- The drug can be harmful if taken in excess.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rhetorical
- stylistic
- verbal
- …
- avoid
- contain
- curb
- …
- in excess
- to excess
- [countable, usually singular, uncountable] an amount by which something is larger than something else
- We cover costs up to £600 and then you pay the excess.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- slight
- in excess of
- excess of
- [countable, usually singular] (British English) (North American English deductible)the part of an insurance claim that a person has to pay while the insurance company pays the rest
- There is an excess of £100 on each claim under this policy.
- Increasing the excess on home insurance from the standard £50 to £100 is likely to save 15%.
- [uncountable] (disapproving) the fact of doing too much of something, especially eating or drinking
- He gave in to bouts of alcoholic excess.
- excesses[plural] (disapproving) extreme behaviour that is unacceptable, illegal or morally wrong
- We need a free press to curb government excesses.
- legislation to control the worst excesses of the press
Extra Examples- Washington has always been a city of wretched excesses.
- the worst excesses committed by the occupying army
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin excessus, from excedere ‘go out, surpass’, from ex- ‘out’ + cedere ‘go’.
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