excellence

«excellence» in Mova's school dictionary: The quality of being extremely good; very high quality — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (excellence) — uncountable

meaning for a pupil

1) The quality of being extremely good; very high quality. tree →

2) Being the best at something. tree →

sense in the lessons

Schools and sports use it in mottos and awards: «a culture of excellence», «award for excellence», «centre of excellence». It praises very high standards of work or behaviour.

examples

• She won an award for excellence in maths. tree →
• The school aims for excellence in everything. tree →
• The team showed excellence on the pitch. tree →
• This restaurant is famous for the excellence of its food. tree →
• Hard work leads to excellence. tree →
• The certificate said «For excellence in reading». tree →
• More, there was no hunter of them all who even distantly approached him in excellence. tree →

note

Uncountable: no plural, no «an». Adjective: excellent; verb: excel. Spelling: two l's — excellence, ending -ence not -ance.

Trees and pragmatics

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