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excel

verb
/ɪkˈsɛl/

Etymology

From Middle English excellen, from Old French exceller, from Latin excellere, excelsum; ex (“out”) + *cellō, an unattested verb root found in culmen (“height, top”); Compare French exceller. See also culminate, column.

  1. derived from excello
  2. derived from exceller
  3. inherited from excellen

Definitions

  1. To surpass someone or something

    To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.

    • I excelled everyone else with my exam results.
    • Compositions which follow the style of Nissi Belzer's creations in structure but which excel them in length.

  2. To be much better than others.

    • But it is as a destroyer of grasshoppers that the dickcissel excels.
    • Lescott gave his finest England performance alongside his former Everton team-mate Phil Jagielka, who also excelled despite playing with a fractured toe, while Parker was given a deserved standing ovation when he was substituted late on.

  3. To exceed, to go beyond.

    • She opened; but to shut / Excelled her power: the gates wide open stood […]
    • I reason, we could die : / The best vitality / Cannot excel decay; / But what of that?
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Microsoft Excel, a spreadsheet application software program written and distributed by…

      Microsoft Excel, a spreadsheet application software program written and distributed by Microsoft.

      • “Do you know Excel?” ¶ “No.” ¶ “Could you learn?” ¶ “Probably not. I find it very difficult to learn things I don't already know.” Then, remembering the advice that I try to sell myself, I added, “But I'm sure I'd pick it up eventually.”

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Derived

superexcel, unexcelling

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at excel. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at excel. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at excel

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA