{
    "term": "excess",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "more than is necessary, reasonable or acceptable",
            "sensetop": "excess of somethingto excessin excess of something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can throw away any excess."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you suffering from an excess of stress in your life?",
                    "contextForm": "excess of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In an excess of enthusiasm I agreed to work late."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was now eating to excess as a result of stress.",
                    "contextForm": "to excess"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The increase will not be in excess of *(= more than)* two per cent.",
                    "contextForm": "in excess of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Avoid excess’ is the golden rule for a healthy life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a large excess of gas"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His statements cannot be simply dismissed as rhetorical excess."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car can travel at speeds in excess of 150 miles per hour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The drug can be harmful if taken in excess."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["rhetorical", "stylistic", "verbal"],
                "verb + excess": ["avoid", "contain", "curb"],
                "preposition": ["in excess", "to excess"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an amount by which something is larger than something else",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We cover costs up to £600 and then you pay the excess."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["large", "slight"],
                "preposition": ["in excess of", "excess of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the part of an insurance claim that a person has to pay while the insurance company pays the rest",
            "labels": "(British English)North American English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There is an excess of £100 on each claim under this policy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Increasing the excess on home insurance from the standard £50 to £100 is likely to save 15%."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the fact of doing too much of something, especially eating or drinking",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He gave in to bouts of alcoholic excess."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "extreme behaviour that is unacceptable, illegal or morally wrong",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We need a free press to curb government excesses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "legislation to control the worst excesses of the press"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Washington has always been a city of wretched excesses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the worst excesses committed by the occupying army"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈses/",
                "audio": "ex/excess/excess__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈses/",
                "audio": "ex/excess/excess__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin excessus, from excedere ‘go out, surpass’, from ex- ‘out’ + cedere ‘go’."
}