excellent
adjective /ˈeksələnt/
/ˈeksələnt/
- extremely good
- an excellent book/article
- excellent results/work
- The meal looked and tasted excellent.
- Both the food and the service were truly excellent.
- The performances of the cast are uniformly excellent throughout.
- She has done an excellent job of adapting the novel for the screen.
- It is an excellent example of how a farm can work in harmony with nature.
- The party provided an excellent opportunity to meet new people.
- The apartment is in excellent condition and is ready to move into.
- excellent at something He was great at sport and excellent at art.
- excellent at doing something Our staff are excellent at advising small businesses.
- excellent for something The experience was excellent for students' self-confidence.
- excellent for doing something Ferns are excellent for planting in shady parts of the garden.
Synonyms excellentexcellent- outstanding
- perfect
- superb
- excellent extremely good. Excellent is used especially about standards of service or of something that somebody has worked to produce: The rooms are excellent value at $20 a night. • He speaks excellent English. Excellent is also used to show that you are very pleased about something or that you approve of something: You can all come? Excellent!
- outstanding extremely good. Outstanding is used especially about how well somebody does something or how good somebody is at something: an outstanding achievement
- perfect so good that it could not be better. Perfect is used especially about conditions or how suitable something is for a purpose: Conditions were perfect for walking. • She came up with the perfect excuse.
- superb (informal) extremely good or impressive:
- The facilities at the hotel are superb.
- a(n) excellent/outstanding/perfect/superb job/performance
- a(n) excellent/outstanding/superb achievement
- really/absolutely/quite excellent/outstanding/perfect/superb
Extra Examples- an excellent meal
- She speaks excellent French.
- At $400 the bike is excellent value.
- (informal) It was absolutely excellent.
- In an otherwise excellent issue, I found Creed's article very unconvincing.
- The school is considered excellent.
- These potatoes are excellent for baking.
- You can get an excellent view of the town from the balcony.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
- …
- most
- really
- truly
- …
- at
- for
- used to show that you are very pleased about something or that you approve of something
- You can all come? Excellent!
- it is excellent to do something It's excellent to see so many people at today's event!
Word Originlate 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.