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Webster 1913 Edition

Excel

Ex-cel′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Excelled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Excelling
.]
[L.
excellere
,
excelsum
;
ex
out + a root found in
culmen
height, top; cf. F.
exceller
. See
Culminate
,
Column
.]
1.
To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.
Excelling
others, these were great;
Thou, greater still, must these
excel
.
Prior.
I saw that wisdom
excelleth
folly, as far as light
excelleth
darkness.
Eccl. ii. 13.
2.
To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.
She opened; but to shut
Excelled
her power; the gates wide open stood.
Milton.

Ex-cel′

,
Verb.
I.
To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority;
as, to
excel
in mathematics, or classics
.
Unstable as water, thou shalt not
excel
.
Gen. xlix. 4.
Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t’
excel
.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Excel

EXCEL'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. excello, the root of which, cello, is not in use.
1.
To go beyond; to exceed; to surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo.
Excelling others, these were great;
Thou greater still, must these excel.
Many daughters have done virtuously, but
thou excellest them all. Prov.31.
2.
To exceed or go beyond in bad qualities or deeds.
3.
To exceed; to surpass.

EXCEL'

,
Verb.
I.
To have good qualities, or to perform meritorious actions, in an unusual degree; to be eminent, illustrious or distinguished.
Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength. Ps.103.
We say, to excel in mathematics; to excel in painting; to excel in heroic achievements.

Definition 2024

Excel

Excel

See also: excel

English

Proper noun

Excel

  1. A spreadsheet application software program written and distributed by Microsoft.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛksɛl]
  • Hyphenation: Ex‧cel

Proper noun

Excel

  1. (computing) Excel (a Microsoft spreadsheet program)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Excel Excelek
accusative Excelt Exceleket
dative Excelnek Exceleknek
instrumental Excellel Excelekkel
causal-final Excelért Excelekért
translative Excellé Excelekké
terminative Excelig Excelekig
essive-formal Excelként Excelekként
essive-modal — —
inessive Excelben Excelekben
superessive Excelen Exceleken
adessive Excelnél Exceleknél
illative Excelbe Excelekbe
sublative Excelre Excelekre
allative Excelhez Excelekhez
elative Excelből Excelekből
delative Excelről Excelekről
ablative Exceltől Excelektől
Possessive forms of Excel
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Excelem Exceleim
2nd person sing. Exceled Exceleid
3rd person sing. Excele Excelei
1st person plural Excelünk Exceleink
2nd person plural Exceletek Exceleitek
3rd person plural Excelük Exceleik

Derived terms

excel

excel

See also: Excel

English

Verb

excel ‎(third-person singular simple present excels, present participle excelling, simple past and past participle excelled)

  1. (transitive) To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
    • 1936, Dale Carnegie, “Part 3, Chapter 6: THE SAFETY VALVE IN HANDLING COMPLAINTS”, in How to Win Friends and Influence People, page 177:
      La Rochefoucauld, the French philosopher, said: "If you want enemies, excel your friends; but if you want friends, let your friends excel you." Why is that true? Because when our friends excel us, that gives them a feeling of importance; but when we excel them, that gives them a feeling of inferiority and arouses envy and jealousy.
    I excelled everyone else with my exam results.
  2. (intransitive) To be much better than others.
    • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport:
      Lescott gave his finest England performance alongside his former Everton team-mate Phil Jagielka, who also excelled despite playing with a fractured toe, while Parker was given a deserved standing ovation when he was substituted late on.
    • 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Book 1, Part 2..
      If, then, there is something in what the poets say, and jealousy is natural to the divine power, it would probably occur in this case above all, and all who excelled in this knowledge would be unfortunate.
  3. (rare) To exceed, to go beyond
    • 1674, Paradise lost, book II, by Milton
      She opened; but to shut / Excelled her power: the gates wide open stood […]
    • XIX century, I reason, Earth is short, by Emily Dickinson
      I reason, we could die : / The best vitality / Cannot excel decay; / But what of that?

Translations

References

  • excel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Etymology

Latin excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found in culmen height, top; Compare French exceller. See also culminate, column.

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