English Explanatory Dictionary

excellence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being excellent; brilliance
  2. Something in which one excels.
  3. An excellent or valuable quality; something at which any someone excels; a virtue.
name
  1. A title of honor or respect; more common in the form Excellency.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛksələns/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-excellence.wav

Word forms

excellence excellences

Etymology

From Middle English excellence, from Old French excellence, from Latin excellentia.

Synonyms

superiority pre-eminence perfection worth goodness purity greatness

Related words

par excellence

Derived words

center of excellence plural of excellence superexcellence Your Excellence His Excellence Her Excellence
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