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3 entries found for EXCELLENCE.

ex·cel·lence   Audio pronunciation of "excellence" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (ks-lns)
n.
  1. The state, quality, or condition of excelling; superiority.
  2. Something in which one excels.
  3. Excellence Excellency.

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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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excellence

\Ex"cel*lence\, n. [F. excellence, L. excellentia.] 1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.

Consider first that great Or bright infers not excellence. --Milton.

2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.

With every excellence refined. --Beattie.

3. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form excellency.

I do greet your excellence With letters of commission from the king. --Shak.

Syn: Superiority; pre["e]minence; perfection; worth; goodness; purity; greatness.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

excellence

n 1: the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree 2: something in which something or some one excels: "the use of herbs is one of the excellences of French cuisine"


Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University