excel
ex·cel (ek sel′, ik-)
intransitive verb, transitive verb -·celled′, -·cel′·ling
to be better or greater than, or superior to (another or others)
Etymology: 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
excel
v.
excel implies superiority in some quality, skill, achievement, etc. over all or over the one (or ones) specified to excel at chess, excels her brothers in math; surpass implies a going beyond (someone or something specified) in degree, amount, or quality no one surpasses him in generosity; transcend suggests a surpassing to an extreme degree, even beyond human capability or standards a faith that transcends all understanding; outdo implies a going beyond someone else or a previous record in performance he will not be outdone in bravery
Used with why or when
- when: But he excels when running on the surface for the first time.
Object
- spreadsheet: The first is an excel spreadsheet, which you can download here.
- sheet: To move between the two, click on the tabs at the bottom of the excel sheet.
- template: A simplified excel template has been produced to assist producers who are not used to reporting under AP1.
- format: Download the profiles - From here you can download the profiles in an excel format.
- file: The excel file can also be place on the horse genome website for ready public access.
Preposition: at
- sport: Sitting still is torture but you always excelled at sports and athletics.
- everything: Oh well, we can't all excel at everything.
Modifying Another Word
- academically: While at Queens College young Rodney excelled academically, as well as in the fields of athletics and debating.
- truly: As always the winter was full of socials and the odd very rare winter carp and on one occasion we truly excelled ourselves.
- really: Author McCarthy - himself a pathologist - really excels during the book's more visceral moments.
- again: Let's hope he can once again excel in the genre he basically created.
- in: I did a budget in excel including how much I spend on food, utilities.. .
- particularly: If you want to particularly excel, of course, you'll need to swot up on the full control list tho.
Preposition: in
- sphere: Indie is a very talented girl who not only will excel in any sphere, from novice to experienced rider.
- grace: Verse 7: " ... see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
- mathematics: This is not to say that the Academy did not excel in teaching mathematics, for indeed the subject was emphasized throughout the course.
- sport: The English no longer excel in sports they once invented.
- discipline: To succeed you must adapt and excel in all three disciplines.
- field: It cannot be denied however that the UK has not excelled in this field.
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.
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