What does excellent mean?

Definitions for excellent
ˈɛk sə ləntex·cel·lent

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word excellent.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. excellent, first-class, fantabulous, splendidadjective

    very good;of the highest quality

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

Wiktionary

  1. excellentadverb

    Excellently.

  2. excellentadjective

    Of the highest quality; splendid.

  3. excellentadjective

    Exceptionally good of its kind.

  4. Etymology: From Latin excellens, present participle of excello

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Excellentadjective

    Etymology: excellens, Latin.

    Arts and sciences are excellent, in order to certain ends. Tayl.

    He is excellent in power and in judgment. Job xxxvii. 23.

ChatGPT

  1. excellent

    Excellent is an adjective that refers to something or someone being extremely good, superior, or of high quality. It indicates the possession of outstanding or exceptional qualities, features, abilities, or performance. It can also describe an action or output that surpasses ordinary standards or expectations.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Excellentadjective

    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. Excellentadjective

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

  3. Excellentadverb

    excellently; eminently; exceedingly

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. EXCELLENT

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Excellent is ranked #65593 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Excellent surname appeared 302 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Excellent.

    91.7% or 277 total occurrences were Black.
    4.3% or 13 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.9% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.6% or 5 total occurrences were White.

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

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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. Stephan Eichenseher:

    The overwhelming majority of employees are doing their every day job, the fact is we already offer excellent pay, excellent benefits and excellent opportunities for career growth, all while working in a safe, modern work environment.

  2. Carolyn Lam Su Ping:

    If you have a mood or anxiety disorder, many excellent treatments are available; the most efficacious is some form of cognitive-behavior therapy with or without medication.

  3. Jen Gommerman:

    However, if we consider efficacy against hospitalization and severe disease, the data coming out show that three doses of the mRNA vaccine confirm excellent protection against hospitalization, ventilation and death.

  4. Lawrence Jacobs:

    She has excellent relationships in the business community.

  5. Michel de Montaigne:

    It is a common seen by experience that excellent memories do often accompany weak judgments.

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