excellence
See also: Excellence
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English excellence, from Old French excellence, from Latin excellentia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
excellence (usually uncountable, plural excellences)
- The quality of being excellent; brilliance
- John Davies was awarded for excellence in the field of computer security.
- Something in which one excels.
- An excellent or valuable quality; something at which any someone excels; a virtue.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
the quality of being excellent
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See also edit
References edit
- “excellence”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- excellence in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- “excellence”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
excellence f (plural excellences)
- Excellence
- Excellency (term of address)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “excellence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.