excel

(ĭk-sĕl')

v., -celled, -cel·ling, -cels.

v.tr.
To do or be better than; surpass.

v.intr.
To show superiority; surpass others.

[Middle English excellen, from Latin excellere.]

SYNONYMS   excel, surpass, exceed, transcend, outdo, outstrip. These verbs mean to be or go beyond a limit or standard. To excel is to be preeminent (excels at figure skating) or to be at a level higher than another or others (excelled her father as a lawyer). To surpass another is to be superior in performance, quality, or degree: an athlete surpassed by none. Exceed can refer to being superior (an invention that exceeds all others in ingenuity), to being greater than another (a salary exceeding 70 thousand dollars a year), and to going beyond a proper limit (exceed one's authority). Transcend often implies the attainment of a level so high that comparison is hardly possible: Great art transcends mere rules of composition. To outdo is to excel in doing or performing: won't be outdone in generosity. Outstrip strongly suggests leaving another behind, as in a contest: a case of the student outstripping the teacher.

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verb

To be greater or better than: best, better¹, exceed, outdo, outmatch, outrun, outshine, outstrip, pass, surpass, top, transcend. Informal beat. Idioms: go beyond, go one better. See big/small/amount.

v

Definition: be superior; surpass
Antonyms: be inferior, fail

IN BRIEF: To be superior or distinguished.

Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. — John Sheffield (1648-1721).

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Common misspelling(s) of excel

• excell

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - overgå
v. intr. - brillere, excellere

idioms:

• excel at    overgå i
• excel in    brillere ved/i

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitblinken

Français (French)
v. tr. - exceller, briller, surpasser, l'emporter sur en, se surpasser, se distinguer
v. intr. - briller en, exceller (à faire)

idioms:

• excel at    exceller (à faire)
• excel in    exceller (à faire)

Deutsch (German)
v. - sich hervortun

idioms:

• excel at    sich auszeichnen in
• excel in    sich auszeichnen in

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - υπερτερώ, υπερέχω, διαπρέπω, διακρίνομαι, ξεχωρίζω, ξεπερνώ

idioms:

• excel at    αριστεύω σε, διαπρέπω σε
• excel in    αριστεύω σε, διαπρέπω σε

Italiano (Italian)
eccellere

idioms:

• excel at    eccellere in
• excel in    eccellere in

Português (Portuguese)
v. - destacar-se, exceder

idioms:

• excel at    ter excelente desempenho (esporte)
• excel in    conhecer muito bem determinado assunto

Русский (Russian)
превосходить

idioms:

• excel at    иметь особенные успехи в
• excel in    иметь особенные успехи в

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - distinguirse, sobresalir, aventajar, superar
v. intr. - distinguirse, sobresalir, aventajar, superar

idioms:

• excel at    distinguirse por, sobresalir por
• excel in    descollar sobre, sobresalir en

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vara främst, överträffa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
胜过, 擅长, 优于, 胜过其他

idioms:

• excel at    在...方面胜过他人
• excel in    在...方面胜过

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 勝過, 擅長, 優於
v. intr. - 勝過其他

idioms:

• excel at    在...方面勝過他人
• excel in    在...方面勝過

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 능가하다, ~보다 뛰어나다
v. intr. - 탁월하다

idioms:

• excel at    ~에 뛰어나다
• excel in    ~보다 낫다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 秀でる, 勝る, しのぐ

idioms:

• excel at    ずば抜けている
• excel in    ずば抜けている

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتفوق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הצטיין‬
v. intr. - ‮עלה על‬

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