🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

excedente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /eɡ.zeˈdẽ.tʃi/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Surplus/ˈsɜːr.pləs/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Há um excedente de energia que pode ser exportado."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand.

    "The orchard produced a massive fruit surplus this season, prompting donations to local food banks."
As adjective
  1. 1

    More than what is needed or required; excess.

    "The factory sold its surplus equipment to smaller regional manufacturers."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French surplus, stemming from the Medieval Latin superplus, combining the Latin prefix super- (meaning 'over' or 'above') and plus ('more'). It entered the English language in the 15th century to denote an amount that remains over and above what is needed or used.

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