Dictionary Entry
excess
excess is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 8 senses
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- 1noun
The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.
- 2noun
An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.
- 3noun
The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.
- 4noun
excessive indulgence
"the child was spoiled by overindulgence"
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- 5noun
immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
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- 6noun
a quantity much larger than is needed
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- 7noun
the state of being more than full
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- 8adjective
more than is needed, desired, or required
"trying to lose excess weight"
"found some extra change lying on the dresser"
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