excellent
//ˈɛk.sə lənt//
Forms
- Comparative
- more excellent
- Superlative
- most excellent
Definitions
1.Having excelled, having surpassed.
- She had matured into an excellent woman.
- Tom is an excellent father.
2.Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.
- A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.
3.Exceptionally good of its kind.
- Bill and Ted had an excellent adventure last week in preparation for their history exam.
4.Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality.
- Their sorrows are most excellent.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1916
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English excellent
From Old French excellent
From Latin excellēns (“elevated, exalted”), present participle of excellō (“elevate, exult”), equivalent to excel + -ent.