The spacecraft's velocity was expected to exceed the escape threshold, allowing it to leave Earth's orbit.
航天器的速度预计将超过逃逸阈值，使其能够离开地球轨道。
Which choice best defines “exceed”?
C — To go beyond a set limit. “exceed” means to go beyond a set limit.
Which word means “to go beyond a set limit”?
C — exceed. “exceed” means to go beyond a set limit.
exceed — to go beyond a set limit. In Chinese: 超过，超出.
exceed is pronounced /ɪkˈsiːd/.
The spacecraft's velocity was expected to exceed the escape threshold, allowing it to leave Earth's orbit. (航天器的速度预计将超过逃逸阈值，使其能够离开地球轨道。)
surpass, outstrip, transcend — all close in meaning to exceed (to go beyond a set limit).
fall short, underperform — each the opposite of exceed (to go beyond a set limit).
Yes. exceed is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.