excellence

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ˈɛksələns/
noun name Freq #13813

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The quality of being extremely good at something.

    She was given an award for excellence in computer security.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the quality of being... excellency
More goodnessgreatnessperfectionpre-eminencepuritysuperiorityworth
Word family
Forms excellences
Derived forms superexcellence

Etymology

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

excellence Middle English
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