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Excellence definition

ĕksə-ləns
Excellency.
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(now rare) Something in which a person or thing excels; particular virtue.
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The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
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A title of honor or respect; more common in the form Excellency.
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Something in which one excels.
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Something in which one excels.
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Excellence is defined as the condition of being superior.

An example of excellence is graduating from college with a 4.0.

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An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.
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The state, quality, or condition of excelling; superiority.
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The fact or condition of excelling; superiority; surpassing goodness, merit, etc.
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Noun

Singular:
excellence
Plural:
excellences

Origin of excellence

  • From Old French excellence, from Latin excellentia

    From Wiktionary

Excellence Sentence Examples

  • The town is noted for the excellence of its pottery.

  • The excellence of his style was soon generally recognized.

  • The Royal high school, the burgh school par excellence, dates from the 16th century, but the beautiful Grecian buildings on the southern face of Calton Hill, opened in 1829, are its third habitation.

  • One cause for the excellence of her letters is the great number of them.

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