exceptional

  • 11exceptional — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ remain ▪ consider sb/sth ▪ The teacher considers Jamie s performance truly exceptional. ▪ do sth A …

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  • 12exceptional — ex|cep|tion|al [ ık sepʃənl ] adjective ** 1. ) extremely good or impressive in a way that is unusual: The children had shown exceptional courage. quite exceptional (=very exceptional): Her scores were quite exceptional. 2. ) unusual and not… …

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  • 13exceptional */*/ — UK [ɪkˈsepʃ(ə)nəl] / US [ɪkˈsepʃən(ə)l] adjective 1) extremely good or impressive in a way that is unusual The children had shown exceptional courage. quite exceptional (= very exceptional): Her scores were quite exceptional. 2) much more or… …

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  • 14exceptional — [[t]ɪkse̱pʃən(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED (approval) You use exceptional to describe someone or something that has a particular quality, usually a good quality, to an unusually high degree. ...children with exceptional ability... His translation is… …

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  • 15exceptional — adjective 1 unusually good: Richard is an exceptional student. | exceptional bravery 2 unusual and likely not to happen often: This is an exceptional case; I ve never seen anything like it before. | in exceptional circumstances: Promotion in the… …

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  • 16exceptional — ex|cep|tion|al [ıkˈsepʃənəl] adj 1.) unusually good = ↑outstanding ▪ Richard is an exceptional student. ▪ exceptional bravery 2.) unusual and likely not to happen often ▪ This is an exceptional case; I ve never seen anything like it before. ▪… …

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  • 17exceptional — [ɪkˈsepʃ(ə)nəl] adj 1) extremely good or impressive in a way that is unusual Ant: unexceptional Her scores were quite exceptional.[/ex] 2) much more or greater than usual the exceptional difficulty of this task[/ex] 3) unusual and not likely to… …

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  • 18exceptional — adjective Date: 1787 1. forming an exception ; rare < an exceptional number of rainy days > 2. better than average ; superior < exceptional skill > 3. deviating from the norm: as a. having above or below average intelligence …

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  • 19exceptional — exceptionality, n. exceptionally, adv. exceptionalness, n. /ik sep sheuh nl/, adj. 1. forming an exception or rare instance; unusual; extraordinary: The warm weather was exceptional for January. 2. unusually excellent; superior: an exceptional&#8230; …

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  • 20exceptional — adjective a) Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare. What an exceptional flower! b) Better than the average; superior due to rarity …

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