excellence
[ek-suh-luhns]
- the fact or state of excelling; superiority; eminence: his excellence in mathematics.
- an excellent quality or feature: Use of herbs is one of the excellences of French cuisine.
- (usually initial capital letter) excellency(def 1).
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Origin of excellence
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2. inferiority.
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merit, supremacy, purity, greatness, quality, perfection, virtue, arete, preeminence, class, goodness, fineness, distinction, eminence, worth, excellency, transcendenceExamples from the Web for excellence
Contemporary Examples
Since the arrival of Chorus Master Donald Palumbo, the Met chorus now commands that same level of excellence as the orchestra.
The committee awarded her the coveted “Rising Star Award” for both her exposure and excellence at such a young age.
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The great global cities rose as centers of industry and trade, while developing from there an excellence in related services.
The new renaissance in television would never have happened without this commitment to excellence.
What an honor to black kids to have attendance treated as a measure of excellence.
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Historical Examples
It was an animate statue to the excellence of good, clean living.
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I was surprised by the excellence of the hotel at which I was lodged.
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His work in other kinds is of a very different order of excellence.
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But that is easily forgiven in consideration of the excellence of the matter.
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This excellence may be one of proportion or one of many other kinds.
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excellence
- the state or quality of excelling or being exceptionally good; extreme merit; superiority
- an action, characteristic, feature, etc, in which a person excels
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Word Origin and History for excellence
n.
mid-14c., from Old French excellence, from Latin excellentia, from excellentem (see excellent).
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