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Word entry · 5 letters

excel

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"Do very well"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ɪkˈsɛl/Part of speech verbSorted ceelxStarts with EEnds with L1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Do extremely well or be outstanding at something.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • But it is as a destroyer of grasshoppers that the dickcissel excels.

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