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excellence

[ ek-suh-luhns ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the fact or state of excelling; superiority; eminence:
his excellence in mathematics.
Synonyms: distinction, transcendence, preeminence
an excellent quality or feature:
Use of herbs is one of the excellences of French cuisine.
Synonyms: virtue, merit
Antonyms: inferiority
(usually initial capital letter) excellency ( def 1 ).

excellence

/ ˈɛksələns /

the state or quality of excelling or being exceptionally good; extreme merit; superiority
an action, characteristic, feature, etc, in which a person excels

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin excellentia; equivalent to excel + -ence

A “komitetchik par excellence,” a man of “outstanding mediocrity,” and “the grave digger of the revolution.”

Volatility of reputation and subjectivity of quality make it difficult to define the novel in terms of absolute excellence.

He is an immensely talented quarterback who has dedicated his entire life to athletic excellence and discipline.

Since the arrival of Chorus Master Donald Palumbo, the Met chorus now commands that same level of excellence as the orchestra.

Because of this, the building became the symbol of global excellence.

Adequate conception of the extent, the variety, the excellence of the works of Art here heaped together is impossible.

His Characters, in imitation of Theophrastus, is a work of established excellence, and descriptive of the manners of that age.

As his system is the foe of all artificial methods, it is par excellence the “Natural” System.

But they all possess that essential purity and richness of tone without which there is no real excellence.

They attribute this in part to the excellence of their soil and partly to the abundance of birds and yellow jackets.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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