excellent

  • 21excellent — [[t]e̱ksələnt[/t]] ♦♦ 1) ADJ Something that is excellent is very good indeed. The recording quality is excellent... Luckily, Sue is very efficient and does an excellent job as Fred s personal assistant. Derived words: excellently ADV GRADED ADV… …

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  • 22excellent — adjective extremely good or of very high quality: Edward made an excellent speech. | You ve got some excellent CDs here. excellently adverb …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23excellent*/*/*/ — [ˈeksələnt] adj extremely good The food was absolutely excellent.[/ex] It s quite an old bike, but it s in excellent condition.[/ex] excellently adv …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 24Excellent! — exclam. Fine! (Like awesome, this expression is a standard word used frequently in slang contexts.) □ A new stereo? Excellent! □ Excellent! Way rad! …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 25excellent — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin excellent , excellens, from present participle of excellere Date: 14th century 1. archaic superior 2. very good of its kind ; eminently good ; first class • excellently adverb …

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  • 26Excellent — Globus SB Warenhaus Holding Unternehmensform GmbH Co. KG Gründung …

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  • 27excellent — excellently, adv. /ek seuh leuhnt/, adj. 1. possessing outstanding quality or superior merit; remarkably good. 2. Archaic. extraordinary; superior. [1350 1400; ME < L excellent (s. of excellens), prp. of excellere to EXCEL; see ENT] Syn. 1.&#8230; …

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  • 28Excellent — 1. terrific; wonderful; unreal; 2. used to express great appreciation of something: Mum said it was okay to go. Excellent! …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 29excellent — Australian Slang 1. terrific; wonderful; unreal; 2. used to express great appreciation of something: Mum said it was okay to go. Excellent! …

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  • 30excellent — [14] The underlying notion of excellent is of physically ‘rising above’ others. It comes via Old French from the present participle of Latin excellere. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and a hypothetical verbal element&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins