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excelling Definition


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excel
verb excelled, excelling
    intr
    1. To be exceptionally good at it.
      Form: excel in something (usually)
      Form: excel at something
    2. To be better than someone or something.
      Thesaurus: surpass, outshine, overshadow, beat, outdo, transcend, top, better, eclipse, outrival, exceed.
Idiom: excel oneself
    often ironic
    To do better than usual or previously.
Etymology: 15c: from Latin excellere to rise up.



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