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Definition of excel
excelled
;excelling
transitive verb
: to be superior to : surpass in accomplishment or achievement
intransitive verb
: to be distinguishable by superiority : surpass others excel in sports excelled at lipreading
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Examples of excel in a Sentence
She excels everyone else in sports.
the special effects in this new sci-fi extravaganza excel any that we've seen previously
Recent Examples of excel from the Web
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Moskalick, who was a three-time NCAA qualifier, had potential to excel at one of the three, maybe two out three — but all three?
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Algorithms such as neural networks excel in sifting signal from background, says Pushpalatha Bhat, a physicist at Fermilab.
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The newest region to excel in chardonnay is Elgin, where vines have been replacing orchards; chards like Kershaw and Paul Cluver offer a nice balance between the riper and leaner styles.
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Both are powerful, portable, and expensive machines designed to fulfill similar roles, each excelling and falling short in their own ways.
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But where the stroller really excels is off the urban grid—hiking through Yosemite National Park, road tripping through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, or camping in the Smoky Mountains.
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As UCLA sociologist Darnell Hunt has written, minorities purchased nearly half of movie tickets in 2015, despite being dramatically underrepresented on screen, and films with diverse casts tend to excel as a return on investment.
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Businesses making strides in tapping that market of more than 1 billion people in smaller cities will excel, according to the report by Morgan Stanley analysts.
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Students also excelled in the fine arts, Novak said, with Hersey's Symphonic Band earning first-place honors last month at the 2017 Illinois SuperState Concert Band Festival at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.
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Origin and Etymology of excel
Middle English excellen, from Latin excellere, from ex- + -cellere to rise, project; akin to Latin collis hill — more at hill
Synonym Discussion of excel
EXCEL Defined for English Language Learners
excel
playDefinition of excel for English Language Learners
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: to be better than others
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: to be or do better than (others)
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