1 [sing.,U] ~ (of sth) more than is necessary, reasonable or acceptable:
Are you suffering from an excess of stress in your life? * In an excess of enthusiasm I agreed to work late. * You can throw away any excess. * He started drinking to excess after losing his job. * The increase will not be in excess of (= more than) two per cent.
2 [C,U] an amount by which sth is larger than sth else:
We cover costs up to ｣600 and then you pay the excess.
3 (excesses) [pl.] extreme behaviour that is unacceptable, illegal or immoral:
We need a free press to curb government excesses. * legislation to control the worst excesses of the press and the courts in relation to rape cases
adjective [onlybeforenoun] in addition to an amount that is necessary, usual or legal:
Excess food is stored as fat. * Driving with excess alcohol in the blood is a serious offence. * The book is hard to obtain, because of excess demand following the author's appearance on TV.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for excess is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is excess a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, excess is tagged as noun.
Does excess appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — excess appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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