excel
verb/ɪkˈsel/
/ɪkˈsel/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they excel | /ɪkˈsel/ /ɪkˈsel/ |
| he / she / it excels | /ɪkˈselz/ /ɪkˈselz/ |
| past simple excelled | /ɪkˈseld/ /ɪkˈseld/ |
| past participle excelled | /ɪkˈseld/ /ɪkˈseld/ |
| -ing form excelling | /ɪkˈselɪŋ/ /ɪkˈselɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to be very good at doing something
- excel (in/at something) She has always excelled in foreign languages.
- As a child he excelled at music and art.
- excel (at doing something) The team excels at turning defence into attack.
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- [transitive] excel yourself (British English) to do extremely well and even better than you usually do
- Rick's cooking was always good, but this time he really excelled himself.
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin excellere, from ex- ‘out, beyond’ + celsus ‘lofty’.
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