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# excess

«excess» in Mova's school dictionary: **more than is needed, allowed or usual** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an excess, excesses; also uncountable); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) An amount that is more than is needed, allowed or usual. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excess/#m1)

2) in excess of: more than. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excess/#m2)

3) (adjective) Extra; more than needed: "excess baggage". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excess/#m3)

4) (UK, Australia) The amount you pay yourself in an insurance claim before the insurer pays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excess/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: "the excess" is the amount over a limit: if the limit is 20 and you have 25, the excess is 5. In cooking: "pour off the excess fat". Phrases: in excess of, to excess, excess baggage.

### examples

- Pour off the excess water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excess/#x1)
- The lorry was in excess of its weight limit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excess/#x2)
- We had to pay for excess baggage at the airport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excess/#x3)
- If the limit is 30 and there are 34, the excess is 4. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excess/#x4)
- Eating sweets to excess is bad for your teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excess/#x5)
- Wipe off the excess paint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excess/#x6)
- The first-born of these was beautiful beyond compare, whereat the Queen was so very glad, that those present were afraid that her excess of joy would do her harm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excess/#x7)

### note

Adjective: excessive (too much). Verb: exceed. Said "ek-SESS" or "EK-sess". Maths: excess = amount − limit (subtract). "In excess of 100" means more than 100.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «excess» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excess/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.