excellence
pronunciation
How to pronounce excellence in British English:
UK [ˈeksələns]
How to pronounce excellence in American English:
US [ˈeksələns]
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- Noun:
- the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
- something in which something or some one excels
Word Origin
- excellence (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French excellence, from Latin excellentia "superiority, excellence," from excellentem (nominative excellens) "towering, distinguished, superior" (see excellent).
Example
- 1. Academic excellence is likely to be the first victim .
- 2. Google is a player par excellence in big data .
- 3. Art collecting is a high-status activity par excellence .
- 4. It also risks overshadowing mr roth 's formal excellence .
- 5. In modern materialistic india , corporate success is valued over academic excellence .