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excellence

/ˈeksələns/EK-suh-luhns
/ˈɛksələns/EK-suh-luhns

Meaningthe state of rising above

Common meaning: great quality

Journey through time

  1. Latinexcellere‘to raise’source
  2. Old Frenchexcellersource
  3. Englishexcel‘to be very good’
  4. Englishformed in English from excelexcellence‘great quality’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from excel + -ence.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EXCEL, p.198 · scan

Source words

  • excellere Latin · source word “to raise”

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