Excellent ˈeksələnt Speaks Adjective Bre Meal Service Bike
Word
excellent
WordType
(adjective)
Phonetic
BrE / ˈeksələnt / NAmE / ˈeksələnt /
Example
an excellent meal
excellent service
at $300 the bike is excellent value.
she speaks excellent french.
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excellent
(adjective)BrE / ˈeksələnt / NAmE / ˈeksələnt /
extremely good
an excellent meal
excellent service
At $300 the bike is excellent value.
She speaks excellent French.
It was absolutely excellent.
The rooms are excellent value at $20 a night.
He speaks excellent English.
You can all come? Excellent!
an outstanding achievement
Conditions were perfect for walking.
She came up with the perfect excuse.
The facilities at the hotel are superb.
used to show that you are very pleased about something or that you approve of something
You can all come? Excellent!
Extra Examples
In an otherwise excellent issue about global warming, I found Jeremy Creed’s article very unconvincing.
In an otherwise excellent issue, I found Creed’s article very unconvincing.
The meals are generally excellent.
The performances and recordings are uniformly excellent.
The school is considered excellent.
These potatoes are excellent for baking.
‘You can all come?’‘ Excellent!’
He speaks excellent English.
She made one factual error in her otherwise excellent article.
The rooms are excellent value at $20 a night.
You can get an excellent view of the town from the balcony.
Word Origin
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘outstanding’ in either a good or bad way): from Old French, from Latin excellent- ‘being pre-eminent’, from excellere ‘surpass’, from ex- ‘out, beyond’ + celsus ‘lofty’. The current appreciatory sense dates from the early 17th cent.
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