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Excellence

//ˈɛksələns// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A title of honor or respect; more common in the form Excellency.
Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being excellent; brilliance uncountable, usually

    "John Davies was awarded for excellence in the field of computer security."

  2. 2
    the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree wordnet
  3. 3
    Something in which one excels. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels wordnet
  5. 5
    An excellent or valuable quality; something at which any someone excels; a virtue. uncountable, usually

Etymology

From Middle English excellence, from Old French excellence, from Latin excellentia.

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