Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - excel
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Excel
excel
(excels, excelling, excelled) If someone excels in something or excels at it, they are very good at doing it. Caine has always been an actor who excels in irony... Mary was a better rider than either of them and she excelled at outdoor sports... Academically he began to excel... I think Krishnan excelled himself in all departments of his game. VERB: V in n, V at n, V, V pron-refl
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1.
verb (~led; ~ling) Etymology: Middle English ~len, from Latin ~lere, from ex- + -cellere to rise, project; akin to Latin collis hill — more at hill Date: 15th century transitive verb to be superior to ; surpass in accomplishment or achievement intransitive verb to be distinguishable by superiority ; surpass others ~ in sports ~led at lipreading Synonyms: see exceed ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. (excelled, excelling) (often foll. by in, at) 1 tr. be superior to. 2 intr. be pre-eminent or the most outstanding (excels at games). Phrases and idioms excel oneself surpass one's previous performance. Etymology: ME f. L excellere (as EX-(1), celsus lofty) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. превосходить to excel one's teacher —- превзойти своего учителя not to be excelled —- быть непревзойденным a babe all babes excelling —- дитя, каких не видал свет 2. (часто in, at) выделяться (чем-л. хорошим); отличаться, выдаваться to excel at games —- отличаться в спортивных играх to excel as an orator —- быть выдающимся оратором to excel in shooting —- превосходно (отлично) стрелять he excelled in nothing at all at school —- в школе он не отличался успехами ни по одному предмету ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) превосходить (in, at) to excel smb. at smth. - превосходить кого-л. в чем-л. 2) выдаваться, выделяться to excel as an orator - быть выдающимся оратором ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v excelled, excelling not in progressive) to do something very well, or much better than most people + at/in (I never excelled at sport. | excel yourself (=do better than you usually do)) (Dinner was fantastic! Joe's really excelled himself this time.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1408, from L. excellere "to rise, surpass, be eminent," from ex- "out from" + -cellere "rise high, tower," related to celsus "high, lofty, great," from PIE base *kel-/*kol-. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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