Definitions for excellent
ˈɛk sə ləntex·cel·lent

Princeton's WordNet(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. excellent, first-class, fantabulous, splendid(adj)

   very good;of the highest quality

   "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. excellent(Adverb)

   Excellently.

   Etymology: From Latin excellens, present participle of excello

2. excellent(Adjective)

   Of the highest quality; splendid.

   Etymology: From Latin excellens, present participle of excello

3. excellent(Adjective)

   Exceptionally good of its kind.

   Etymology: From Latin excellens, present participle of excello

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Excellent(adj)

   excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action

2. Excellent(adj)

   superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; -- used with words of a bad significance

3. Excellent(adverb)

   excellently; eminently; exceedingly

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'excellent' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1617

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'excellent' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1300

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'excellent' in Adjectives Frequency: #186

How to pronounce excellent?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say excellent in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of excellent in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of excellent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of excellent in a Sentence

1. John Lin:

   The safety profile looks to be excellent, that came as a surprise to some people in the field who are familiar with 4-1BB, because in the past this target looked a little bit dangerous.

2. Omar Sy:

   Being French, I really admire Marion Cotillard's work and her journey. She's French and she speaks excellent English, for example, I want to speak perfect English and when I see her speaking, it inspires me and encourages me.

3. Kent Insley:

   They have a thoughtful approach to risk-management, jeffrey is an excellent manager and team leader, but there's also Phil Barach and Bonnie Baha, who quite frankly are excellent, too.

4. P.T. Barnum:

   Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.

5. Brian Strutton:

   In this case, the pilots and crew appear to have done an excellent and highly professional job of getting this aircraft safely onto the ground in very difficult circumstances, and safely evacuating all the passengers with no reported serious injuries.

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