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To excel is defined as to be very good at something.

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An example of excel is to be good enough at a sport to be an Olympic athlete.

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intransitive verb, transitive verb excelled, excelling

to be better or greater than, or superior to (another or others)

Origin: ME excellen < OFr exceller < L excellere, to raise, surpass, excel < ex-, out of, from + -cellere, to rise, project < IE base *kel-, to project > hill, Gr kolophōn

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verb ex·celled, ex·cel·ling, ex·cels

verb, transitive

To do or be better than; surpass.

verb, intransitive

To show superiority; surpass others.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English excellen

Origin: , from Latin excellere; see kel-² in Indo-European roots

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