What does excellent mean?
Definitions for excellent
ˈɛk sə ləntex·cel·lent
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Princeton's WordNet
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
excellent(Adverb)
Excellently.
Etymology: From Latin excellens, present participle of excello
excellent(Adjective)
Of the highest quality; splendid.
Etymology: From Latin excellens, present participle of excello
excellent(Adjective)
Exceptionally good of its kind.
Etymology: From Latin excellens, present participle of excello
Webster Dictionary
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
Excellent(adj)
superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; -- used with words of a bad significance
Excellent(adverb)
excellently; eminently; exceedingly
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'excellent' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1617
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'excellent' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1300
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'excellent' in Adjectives Frequency: #186
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of excellent in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of excellent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of excellent in a Sentence
Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.
An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living.
Our public education used to be excellent, people came from all over Latin America to study at Argentine universities, now Argentines head to the United States, England or elsewhere abroad because public universities are a disaster.
I thought it was very well organized. I thought they did an excellent job, i mean, it was a long wait, but you know, I expected that.
I did not feel Alexander Vindman had the political antenna to deal with something that is straying into domestic politics. Not everyone is suited for that, that does not mean in any way that I was questioning Alexander Vindman overall judgment, nor I was questioning in any way Alexander Vindman substantive expertise. Alexander Vindman is excellent on issues related to Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova, on Russian defense issues.
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Translations for excellent
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- فاخر, ممتازArabic
- выдатны, цудоўныBelarusian
- отличен, превъзходенBulgarian
- উৎকৃষ্ট, ফাটাফাটিBengali
- excel·lentCatalan, Valencian
- vynikající, výtečnýCzech
- hervorragend, großartig, ausgezeichnetGerman
- έξοχος, θαυμάσιος, υπέροχος, άριστοςGreek
- excelenteSpanish
- bikainBasque
- عالیPersian
- erinomainen, loistavaFinnish
- excellentFrench
- air leth, math dha-rìribhScottish Gaelic
- excelenteGalician
- מצויןHebrew
- श्रेष्ठ, उत्कृष्ट, उम्दाHindi
- kiváló, kitűnőHungarian
- գերազանցArmenian
- unggulIndonesian
- ecelantaIdo
- eccellenteItalian
- מְעוּלHebrew
- 偉い, 優れた, 優良, 素晴らしいJapanese
- საუცხოო, ჩინებულიGeorgian
- ល្អឥតខ្ចោះKhmer
- 완벽하다, 훌륭하다, 우수한Korean
- optimumLatin
- izcilsLatvian
- одличенMacedonian
- eċċellentiMaltese
- excellent, voortreffelijk, uitstekend, uitmuntendDutch
- utmerket, storartetNorwegian
- świetny, doskonałyPolish
- غورهPashto, Pushto
- excelentePortuguese
- excelent, excelentăRomanian
- превосходный, великолепный, отличный, отменный, чудесный, отличноRussian
- odličan, одличанSerbo-Croatian
- vynikajúciSlovak
- odličenSlovene
- birinxhiAlbanian
- utmärktSwedish
- ยอดเยี่ยมThai
- mükemmelTurkish
- чудовий, відмінний, відмінноUkrainian
- xuất sắc, tuyệt vờiVietnamese
- legudikVolapük
- 优秀Chinese
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