What is the meaning of exceeding?

verb

• Be greater in scope or size than some standard.
  • usage: "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"
  • synonyms: exceed, transcend, surpass
• Be superior or better than some standard.
  • usage: "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
  • synonyms: exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top
• Be or do something to a greater degree.
  • usage: "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
  • synonyms: surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform

adjective

• Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree.
  • usage: "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"
  • synonyms: exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing