Definitions for excellent
ˈɛk sə ləntex·cel·lent

Princeton's WordNet(3.33 / 3 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. Paul Pruitt:

   We can share that LouAnn was getting excellent care and that our team was following both her advanced directives and clinical practice guidelines to manage her pain and symptoms, once those symptoms progressed rapidly, and at the advice of her medical team, she was immediately sent to the hospital.

2. John McCain:

   Think those were excellent words.

3. Nicholas Chamfort:

   An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living.

4. 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.

5. Jennifer Taub:

   What he gave us is a blueprint for a future prosecutor to go to a grand jury and indict, i think he did an excellent job.

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