Excellence
/ˈɛksələns/ name, noun
name, noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being excellent; brilliance uncountable, usually
"John Davies was awarded for excellence in the field of computer security."
- 2 the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree wordnet
- 3 Something in which one excels. uncountable, usually
- 4 an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels wordnet
- 5 An excellent or valuable quality; something at which any someone excels; a virtue. uncountable, usually
Proper Noun
- 1 A title of honor or respect; more common in the form Excellency.
Example
More examples"We were amazed at the excellence of the boy's drawings."
Etymology
From Middle English excellence, from Old French excellence, from Latin excellentia.