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
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
excellentadverb
Excellently.
excellentadjective
Of the highest quality; splendid.
excellentadjective
Exceptionally good of its kind.
Etymology: From Latin excellens, present participle of excello
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
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
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
Excellentadjective
superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; -- used with words of a bad significance
Excellentadverb
excellently; eminently; exceedingly
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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
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
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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
Zach has an outstanding track record and excellent pedigree. His broad expertise and comprehensive coverage background mean he will fit perfectly with our origination-led banking model.
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.
Er Shun is demonstrating excellent maternal instincts and began cleaning and cradling the first cub soon after its birth, while this is wonderful news, the tiny cubs are very vulnerable at this size, so the next several hours and days will be critical to their survival.
Losing Mrs. Byrd in our small rural community was devastating. She was an excellent educator with a huge heart, we find comfort in knowing her story may bring awareness to the importance of keeping our school employees safe and our precious students safe in this pandemic.
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- فاخر, ممتازArabic
- выдатны, цудоўныBelarusian
- отличен, превъзходенBulgarian
- উৎকৃষ্ট, ফাটাফাটিBengali
- excel·lentCatalan, Valencian
- vynikající, výtečnýCzech
- hervorragend, ausgezeichnet, großartigGerman
- άριστος, υπέροχος, θαυμάσιος, έξοχοςGreek
- 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
- ჩინებული, საუცხოოGeorgian
- ល្អឥតខ្ចោះKhmer
- 훌륭하다, 우수한, 완벽하다Korean
- optimumLatin
- izcilsLatvian
- одличенMacedonian
- eċċellentiMaltese
- excellent, voortreffelijk, uitmuntend, uitstekendDutch
- storartet, utmerketNorwegian
- doskonały, świetnyPolish
- غورهPashto, Pushto
- excelentePortuguese
- excelentă, excelentRomanian
- великолепный, превосходный, отменный, отличный, чудесный, отличноRussian
- odličan, одличанSerbo-Croatian
- vynikajúciSlovak
- odličenSlovene
- birinxhiAlbanian
- utmärktSwedish
- ยอดเยี่ยมThai
- mükemmelTurkish
- відмінно, чудовий, відміннийUkrainian
- xuất sắc, tuyệt vờiVietnamese
- legudikVolapük
- 优秀Chinese
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