Definitions for excellent
ˈɛk sə ləntex·cel·lent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.8 / 4 votes

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Excellentadjective

   Etymology: excellens, Latin.

   1. Of great virtue; of great worth; of great dignity.

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

   2. Eminent in any good quality.

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

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

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 RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

How to pronounce excellent?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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. Anonymous:

   Why doesn't DOS ever say 'EXCELLENT command or filename'

2. John Milton:

   Accuse not nature, she hath done her partDo thou but thine, and be not diffidentOf wisdom, she deserts thee not, if thouDismiss not her, when most thou needest her nigh,By attributing overmuch to thingsLess excellent, as thou thyself perceivest.

3. Niccolo Machiavelli:

   There are three classes of intellects one which comprehends by itself another which appreciates what others comprehend and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others the first is the most excellent, the second is good, and the third is useless.

4. Pierre Charron:

   The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practised, is to study and learn how to know ourselves. This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good. . . . God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself.

5. Dan Pfeiffer:

   Hillary Clinton is an excellent debater, she is excellent, crisp, knows the substance up and down, is very good in the back and forth.

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