Definitions for excel
ɪkˈsɛlex·cel

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.3 / 3 votes

1. excel, stand out, surpassverb

   distinguish oneself

   "She excelled in math"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.9 / 12 votes

1. excelverb

   To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.

   I excelled everyone else with my exam results.

2. excelverb

   To be much better than others.

3. Excelnoun

   A spreadsheet application software program written and distributed by Microsoft.

4. Etymology: excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found in culmen height, top; Compare French exceller. See also culminate, column.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To EXCELverb

   To outgo in good qualities; to surpass.

   Etymology: excello, Latin.

   Venus her myrtle, Phœbus has his bays;
   Tea both excels, which you vouchsafe to praise. Edmund Waller.

   How heroes rise, how patriots set,
   Thy father’s bloom and death may tell;
   Excelling others, these were great;
   Thou, greater still, must these excel. Matthew Prior.

2. To Excelverb

   To have good qualities in a great degree; to be eminent; to be excellent.

   Then to Silvia let us sing,
   That Silvia is excelling. William Shakespeare, Two Gent. of Verona.

   Reuben, unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. Gen. xlix.

   It is not only in order of nature for him to govern, that is, the more intelligent; but there is no less required, courage to protect, and, above all, honesty and probity to abstain from injury: so fitness to govern is a perplexed business. Some men, some nations, excel in the one ability, some in the other. Francis Bacon, Holy War.

   Company are to be avoided that are good for nothing; those to be sought and frequented that excel in some quality or other. William Temple.

   He match’d their beauties where they most excel;
   Of love sung better, and of arms as well. Dryden.

   Let those teach others, who themselves excel;
   And censure freely, who have written well. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excel

   Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS. It features calculation or computation capabilities, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Excel forms part of the Microsoft Office suite of software.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Excelverb

   to go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense

2. Excelverb

   to exceed or go beyond; to surpass

3. Excelverb

   to surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel in mathematics, or classics

4. Etymology: [L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found in culmen height, top; cf. F. exceller. See Culminate, Column.]

FreebaseRate this definition:3.0 / 4 votes

1. Excel

   Excel is a punk/metal fusion band from Venice, California founded in 1983 by singer Dan Clements and guitarist Adam Siegel. They were influenced by famous 70's punk rock musicians like The Police and The Sex Pistols, and heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath, Trouble, Slayer, Corrosion of Conformity and Cryptic Slaughter. They were also influenced by street art, Excel is known for painting graffiti on the streets of the cities where they make their tours, therefore there are many different logos of the band. Excel repeatedly jumped on stage with different bands from Venice and elsewhere California like No Mercy, Beowülf, Suicidal Tendencies and Cryptic Slaughter, and sometimes with other performers on the thrash metal scene like Testament, Overkill and Megadeth. Excel has recorded three studio albums, three split albums, five demos, three singles and two live albums; the band broke up in 1995 but in 2001 they released new versions of their first two albums: Split Image and The Joke's on You, with some bonus tracks. In August 2009 they edited a special collection of eight DVDs of their tours around Europe and L.A. and published them on their official MySpace. As of January 2012, Excel has reformed.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Excel

   ek-sel′, v.t. to be superior to: to exceed: to surpass.—v.i. to have good qualities in a high degree: to perform very meritorious actions: to be superior:—pr.p. excel′ling; pa.p. excelled′.—ns. Ex′cellence, Ex′cellency, great merit: any excellent quality: worth: greatness: a title of honour given to persons high in rank or office.—adj. Ex′cellent, surpassing others in some good quality: of great virtue, worth, &c.: superior: valuable.—adv. Ex′cellently.—adj. Excel′sior (L. comp.), higher still. [L. excellĕre—ex, out, up, and a word from the root of celsus, high.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. excel

   To achieve or succeed easily.

   She excelled at science and went on to become a scientist.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on June 23, 2016  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of excel in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of excel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of excel in a Sentence

1. Apple CEO Tim Cook:

   The deployment of artificial intelligence technology is something that we will excel at because of our focus on user experience.

2. Hazlitt:

   Society is a more level surface than we imagine. Wise men or absolute fools are hard to be met with, as there are few giants or dwarfs. The heaviest charge we can bring against the general texture of society is that it is commonplace. Our fancied superiority to others is in some one thing which we think most of because we excel in it, or have paid most attention to it; whilst we overlook their superiority to us in something else which they set equal and exclusive store by.

3. Hanna Cavinder:

   Our number one goal is to excel on the court, but off the court, we love to show our creative sides and grow our relationships with the TikTok community, boost keeps us connected so that we can upload and share videos that have a little fun, and hopefully inspire the next generation of women to pursue their basketball dreams.

4. Jaclyn Bealer:

   They have to do their AP (advanced placement) work, they have to be in honors classes, and it's not just enough to be in them, but they have to excel, they're just putting so much pressure on themselves to get the absolute best grade possible, and anything under a 90% is failure.

5. David Cohen:

   The Democratic party as a whole is just not very good at messaging, they excel when it comes to policy and mastering policy details. (However), selling policy and selling legislative achievements has been something that the modern Democratic party has failed at most of the time.

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