excellent

«excellent» in Mova's school dictionary: extremely good, of the highest quality — 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

adjective (excellent); interjection (Excellent!)

meaning for a pupil

1) Excellent means extremely good, of the highest quality. tree →

2) (interjection) «Excellent!» is said when you are very pleased. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, teachers write «Excellent work!» on good work; it is praise. In everyday speech «Excellent!» shows delight. Phrases: in excellent condition, an excellent idea.

examples

• Excellent work, well done! tree →
• She is an excellent swimmer. tree →
• That's an excellent idea. tree →
• The bike is in excellent condition. tree →
• «We've got a day off!» «Excellent!» tree →
• The food at the party was excellent. tree →
• You got all the answers right — excellent! tree →
• "Here is excellent fare!" said the sparrow. tree →

note

Spelling: double l, ends in -ent. Starts with a vowel sound: «an excellent». Usually no «more excellent» or «very excellent», since it already means extremely good. Noun: excellence; verb: excel.

In the corpora

• Elephants have excellent memories: old female leaders remember distant water in droughts and recognise friends after many years.
• «What a capital little house this is! … Everything here and everything in its place!» (Capital = excellent.)
• But first tell me how you are yourself, and the excellent Mole?»
• «Make it a round twenty.» «Excellent!» says the Chairman.
• All night they cheer each other on with «Excellent!» and «Won't Painted Jaguar be surprised!»

Trees and pragmatics

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