excellence [ek-suh-luhns] SynonymsExamplesWord Origin noun
- the fact or state of excelling; superiority; eminence: his excellence in mathematics.
- an excellent quality or feature: Use of herbs is one of the excellences of French cuisine.
- (usually initial capital letter) excellency(def 1).
Origin of excellence 1350–1400; Middle English Middle French Latin excellentia. See excel, -ence Related formssu·per·ex·cel·lence, nounSynonyms for excellence 1. preeminence, transcendence, distinction. 2. merit, virtue.Antonyms for excellence 2. inferiority. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Related Words for excellences merit, supremacy, purity, greatness, quality, perfection, virtue, arete, preeminence, class, goodness, fineness, distinction, eminence, worth, excellency, transcendence Examples from the Web for excellences Historical Examples of excellences
But these excellences, though found in a hareem, will not fuse, as in a poem or a picture.
Ameen Rihani
Suppose then, I said, that we determine how far they can unite this and the other excellences.
Plato
Each one extols with words and gestures the excellences of his boat.
Sven Anders Hedin
It is not our intention to characterise his excellences as a composer.
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.
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All in vain, however, did he point out the excellences of his work.
Mrs. G. de Horne Vaizey
British Dictionary definitions for excellences excellence noun
- the state or quality of excelling or being exceptionally good; extreme merit; superiority
- an action, characteristic, feature, etc, in which a person excels
Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for excellences excellence n.
mid-14c., from Old French excellence, from Latin excellentia, from excellentem (see excellent).
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