excel

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English excellen, from Old French exceller, from Latin excellere, excelsum; ex (“out”) + *cellō, an unattested verb root found in culmen (“height, top”); Compare French exceller. See also culminate, column. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪkˈsɛl/, /ɛkˈsɛl/, Rhymes: -ɛl (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈɛksəl/ === Verb === excel (third-person singular simple present excels, present participle excelling, simple past and past participle excelled) (transitive) To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something. Synonyms: better, outclass, outperform; see also Thesaurus:exceed (intransitive) To be much better than others. Synonyms: rock, rule; see also Thesaurus:excel 1924: Aristotle, Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Book 1, Part 2.. If, then, there is something in what the poets say, and jealousy is natural to the divine power, it would probably occur in this case above all, and all who excelled in this knowledge would be unfortunate. (transitive, archaic, rare) To exceed, to go beyond. Synonyms: exceed, overstep, surpass, transgress, transcend; see also Thesaurus:transcend ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== excellence excellent ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== “excel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.