excel

«excel» in Mova's school dictionary: to be extremely good at something, better than most others — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (excel, excels, excelled, excelling); proper noun (Excel — a computer program)

meaning for a pupil

1) To excel is to be extremely good at something, better than most others. tree →

2) To excel yourself is to do even better than you usually do. tree →

3) Excel (with a capital E) is the name of a spreadsheet program on computers. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school reports and everyday praise: «excels at maths», «excels in sport». It tells the reader someone is outstanding. Excel spreadsheets are used to make tables, sums and charts. Phrases: excel at, excel in, excel yourself.

examples

• She excels at swimming and has won many races. tree →
• Tom excels in maths and science. tree →
• You really excelled yourself with this cake! tree →
• The school helps every pupil excel. tree →
• Our class made a bar chart in Excel. tree →
• He excelled in the spelling test, getting full marks. tree →
• Some people excel at music, others at sport. tree →
• The Goddess, to console him, said, “But you far excel in beauty and in size. tree →

note

Double the «l» in excelled and excelling. Stress: ex-CEL. Adjective: excellent; noun: excellence. «Excel at» or «excel in» — both are fine.

In the corpora

• And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
• Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar?
• 'Many daughters have done valiantly, but thou excellest them all.'
• Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
• Again, I considered all labour and all excelling in work, that it is a man's rivalry with his neighbour.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «excel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.