excellence
Americannoun
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the fact or state of excelling; superiority; eminence.
his excellence in mathematics.
- Synonyms:
- distinction, transcendence, preeminence
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an excellent quality or feature.
Use of herbs is one of the excellences of French cuisine.
- Antonyms:
- inferiority
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(usually initial capital letter) excellency.
noun
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the state or quality of excelling or being exceptionally good; extreme merit; superiority
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an action, characteristic, feature, etc, in which a person excels
Other Word Forms
- superexcellence noun
Etymology
Origin of excellence
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin excellentia; equivalent to excel + -ence
Example Sentences
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They can dominate chunks of a game with their excellence and then contrive to lose that same game with their mental wobbles.
From BBC
Her work was also a runner-up in SOPA's award for excellence in reporting on women's issues.
Ted’s paradigm envisions excellence through self-examination and collaboration, believing in one’s self while being curious enough to affirm the best of what we see in others.
From Salon
The advances would improve control, reduce unnecessary force and support safer and more precise surgery, and enable the Royal Stoke to move closer to becoming a centre of excellence for robotics.
From BBC
The amount of own goals that Arsenal benefit from is in part down to their excellence from set-pieces and the pressure they put on oppositions.
From BBC
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