excel

  • 11excel — ► VERB (excelled, excelling) 1) be exceptionally good at an activity or subject. 2) (excel oneself) perform exceptionally well. ORIGIN Latin excellere, from celsus lofty …

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  • 12excel — index beat (defeat), outweigh, prevail (triumph), surmount, surpass, transcend Burton s Legal Thesaurus …

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  • 13excel — c.1400, from L. excellere to rise, surpass, be eminent, from ex out from (see EX (Cf. ex )) + cellere rise high, tower, related to celsus high, lofty, great, from PIE root *kel to rise, be elevated (see HILL (Cf. hill …

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  • 14excel — surpass, transcend, *exceed, outdo, outstrip …

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  • 15excel — [v] be superior; surpass beat, be good, be master of, be proficient, be skillful, best, be talented, better, cap, come through, eclipse, exceed, go beyond, go to town*, improve upon, make it, outdo, outrival, outshine, outstrip, pass, predominate …

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  • 16Excel — Microsoft Excel « Excel » redirige ici. Pour les autres significations, voir Excel (homonymie). Microsoft Excel …

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  • 17excel — UK [ɪkˈsel] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms excel : present tense I/you/we/they excel he/she/it excels present participle excelling past tense excelled past participle excelled to do something extremely well We aim to give every student the… …

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  • 18excel — /ik sel /, v., excelled, excelling. v.i. 1. to surpass others or be superior in some respect or area; do extremely well: to excel in math. v.t. 2. to surpass; be superior to; outdo: He excels all other poets of his day. [1400 50; late ME excellen …

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  • 19excel — v. (D; intr.) to excel at, in (to excel at sports) * * * [ɪk sel] in (to excel at sports) (D; intr.) to excel at …

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  • 20excel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. exceed, surpass, eclipse, outdo, outstrip. See unconformity, virtue, goodness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. surpass, transcend, improve upon, exceed, go beyond, outdo, outshine, be superior, stand out,… …

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