"excel" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪkˈsɛl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-excel.wav , En-ca-excel.ogg Forms: excels [present, singular, third-person], excelling [participle, present], excelled [participle, past], excelled [past]
Rhymes: -ɛl 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kelH-}}, {{inh|en|enm|excellen}} Middle English excellen, {{der|en|fro|exceller}} Old French exceller, {{der|en|la|excello|excellere}} Latin excellere, {{cog|fr|exceller}} French exceller Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} excel (third-person singular simple present excels, present participle excelling, simple past and past participle excelled)
  1. (transitive) To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to surpass someone or something): better Translations (transitive: to surpass someone or something): ὑπερέχω (huperékhō) (Ancient Greek), ὑπερβάλλω (huperbállō) (Ancient Greek), تَفَوَّقَ (tafawwaqa) (Arabic), بَزَّ (bazza) (Arabic), اِمْتَازَ (imtāza) (Arabic), فَاقَ (fāqa) (Arabic), превъзхо́ждам (prevǎzhóždam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), 勝過 (Chinese Mandarin), 胜过 (shèngguò) (Chinese Mandarin), 優於 (Chinese Mandarin), 优于 (yōuyú) (Chinese Mandarin), 超越 (chāoyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), překonat (Czech), superi (Esperanto), ületama (Estonian), olla parempi (Finnish), dépasser (French), adiantar (Galician), avantaxar (Galician), sobrepasar (Galician), superar (Galician), ausstechen (German), übersteigen (German), übertreffen (German), felülmúl (Hungarian), túltesz (Hungarian), superare (Italian), 超える (koeru) (alt: こえる) (Japanese), 越える (koeru) (alt: こえる) (Japanese), 秀でる (hiideru) (alt: ひいでる) (Japanese), 뛰어나다 (ttwieonada) (Korean), praecellō (Latin), tlamiauati (Nahuatl), superar (Portuguese), ultrapassar (Portuguese), exceler (Portuguese), превосходи́ть (prevosxodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), превзойти́ (prevzojtí) [perfective] (Russian), aventajar (Spanish), superar (Spanish), bordar (Spanish), överglänsa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-excel-en-verb-SKWluswK Disambiguation of 'to surpass someone or something': 96 0 4 Disambiguation of 'transitive: to surpass someone or something': 91 1 8
  2. (intransitive) To be much better than others. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (to be much better than others): rock, rule Translations (intransitive: to be much better than others): ὑπερέχω (huperékhō) (Ancient Greek), بَرَعَ (baraʕa) (Arabic), отлича́вам се (otličávam se) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), excel·lir (Catalan), 擅長 (Chinese Mandarin), 擅长 (shàncháng) (Chinese Mandarin), vynikat (Czech), uitblinken (Dutch), superi (Esperanto), hiilgama (Estonian), loistaa (Finnish), olla erittäin hyvä (Finnish), dépasser (French), destacar (Galician), sobresaír (Galician), superar (Galician), sobrepasar (Galician), sich hervortun (German), herausragend sein (German), הצטיין (hitztayén) (Hebrew), kimagaslik (Hungarian), kiemelkedik (Hungarian), jeleskedik (Hungarian), kitűnik (Hungarian), ecelar (Ido), superare (Italian), eccellere (Italian), brillare (Italian), primeggiare (Italian), spiccare (Italian), 超える (koeru) (alt: こえる) (Japanese), 越える (koeru) (alt: こえる) (Japanese), 卓越する (takuetsu suru) (alt: たくえつする) (Japanese), 탁월하다 (tagwolhada) (Korean), praecellō (Latin), excellir (Occitan), distinguir-se (Portuguese), выделя́ться (vydeljátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), отлича́ться (otličátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), sobresalir (Spanish), distinguirse (Spanish), destacarse (Spanish), lucirse (Spanish), llevarse la palma (Spanish), llevarse la joya (Spanish), exceler (Spanish), excellera (Swedish), briljera (Swedish), glänsa (Swedish), stila (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-excel-en-verb-KJt524l- Disambiguation of 'to be much better than others': 12 76 12 Disambiguation of 'intransitive: to be much better than others': 10 79 11
  3. (transitive, archaic, rare) To exceed, to go beyond Tags: archaic, rare, transitive Synonyms (to go beyond): exceed
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: outclass, outperform, exceed, overstep, surpass, transgress, transcend Related terms: excellence, excellent

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1936, Dale Carnegie, “Part 3, Chapter 6: THE SAFETY VALVE IN HANDLING COMPLAINTS”, in How to Win Friends and Influence People:",
          "text": "La Rochefoucauld, the French philosopher, said: \"If you want enemies, excel your friends; but if you want friends, let your friends excel you.\" Why is that true? Because when our friends excel us, that gives them a feeling of importance; but when we excel them, that gives them a feeling of inferiority and arouses envy and jealousy.",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "felülmúl"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
          "word": "túltesz"
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          "_dis1": "91 1 8",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
          "word": "superare"
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          "_dis1": "91 1 8",
          "alt": "こえる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "koeru",
          "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
          "word": "超える"
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          "alt": "こえる",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "koeru",
          "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
          "word": "越える"
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          "_dis1": "91 1 8",
          "alt": "ひいでる",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hiideru",
          "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
          "word": "秀でる"
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          "_dis1": "91 1 8",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ttwieonada",
          "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
          "word": "뛰어나다"
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          "word": "praecellō"
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          "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
          "word": "tlamiauati"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
          "word": "superar"
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          "_dis1": "91 1 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
          "word": "ultrapassar"
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          "_dis1": "91 1 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
          "word": "exceler"
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        {
          "_dis1": "91 1 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prevosxodítʹ",
          "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "превосходи́ть"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prevzojtí",
          "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "превзойти́"
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          "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
          "word": "aventajar"
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          "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
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        {
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
          "word": "bordar"
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          "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
          "word": "överglänsa"
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        {
          "ref": "1901, Sylvester D. Judd, The Relation of Sparrows to Agriculture, page 91:",
          "text": "But it is as a destroyer of grasshoppers that the dickcissel excels.",
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          "text": "1924: Aristotle, Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Book 1, Part 2..\nIf, 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."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "Lescott gave his finest England performance alongside his former Everton team-mate Phil Jagielka, who also excelled despite playing with a fractured toe, while Parker was given a deserved standing ovation when he was substituted late on.",
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          "ref": "2011, Glenda L. Swetman, Alison Trappey, “Principles of Gender-specific Medicine”, in Lawrence Charles Parish, Sarah Brenner, Marcia Ramos-e-Silva, Jennifer L. Parish, editors, Manual of Gender Dermatology, Sudbury, Mass., Mississauga, Ont.: Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, part I (Primer of Gender Dermatology), page 9:",
          "text": "From Rosie the Riveter to Coco Channel^([sic – meaning Coco Chanel]) (in pants!), from Amelia Earhart to the quaintrelle (the female dandy), change in women's dress has symbolized everything from the right and need to work outside the home to wearing pants as a fashion statement to excelling at a profession (even as an aviatrix) to once again claiming the right to cultivate life's pleasures.",
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          "roman": "baraʕa",
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          "word": "بَرَعَ"
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          "roman": "otličávam se",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "excel·lir"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
          "word": "擅長"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shàncháng",
          "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
          "word": "擅长"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
          "word": "vynikat"
        },
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
          "word": "uitblinken"
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          "_dis1": "10 79 11",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
          "word": "superi"
        },
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
          "word": "hiilgama"
        },
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          "_dis1": "10 79 11",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
          "word": "loistaa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 79 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
          "word": "olla erittäin hyvä"
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          "ref": "a. 1887 (date written), Emily Dickinson, “[Book IV.—Time and Eternity] I reason, earth is short”, in Mabel Loomis Todd and T[homas] W[entworth] Higginson, editors, Poems, First Series, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1890, →OCLC, page 134:",
          "text": "I reason, we could die : / The best vitality / Cannot excel decay; / But what of that?",
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        }
      ],
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        "To exceed, to go beyond"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exceed",
          "exceed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, archaic, rare) To exceed, to go beyond"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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      "rhymes": "-ɛl"
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  ],
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    {
      "sense": "to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "better"
    },
    {
      "word": "outclass"
    },
    {
      "word": "outperform"
    },
    {
      "word": "exceed"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be much better than others",
      "word": "rock"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to be much better than others",
      "word": "rule"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to go beyond",
      "word": "exceed"
    },
    {
      "word": "overstep"
    },
    {
      "word": "surpass"
    },
    {
      "word": "transgress"
    },
    {
      "word": "transcend"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tafawwaqa",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "تَفَوَّقَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bazza",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "بَزَّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "imtāza",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "اِمْتَازَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fāqa",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "فَاقَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prevǎzhóždam",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "превъзхо́ждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "勝過"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèngguò",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "胜过"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "優於"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yōuyú",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "优于"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "優於"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yōuyú",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "优于"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chāoyuè",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "超越"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "překonat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "superi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "ületama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "olla parempi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "dépasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "adiantar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "avantaxar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "sobrepasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "superar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "ausstechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "übersteigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "übertreffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "huperékhō",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "ὑπερέχω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "huperbállō",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "ὑπερβάλλω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "felülmúl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "túltesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "superare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こえる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koeru",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "超える"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こえる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koeru",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "越える"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひいでる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hiideru",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "秀でる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ttwieonada",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "뛰어나다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "praecellō"
    },
    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "tlamiauati"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "superar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "ultrapassar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "exceler"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevosxodítʹ",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "превосходи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevzojtí",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "превзойти́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "aventajar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "superar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "bordar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "transitive: to surpass someone or something",
      "word": "överglänsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "baraʕa",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "بَرَعَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otličávam se",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отлича́вам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "excel·lir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "擅長"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shàncháng",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "擅长"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "vynikat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "uitblinken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "superi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "hiilgama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "loistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "olla erittäin hyvä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "dépasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "destacar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "sobresaír"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "superar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "sobrepasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "sich hervortun"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "herausragend sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "huperékhō",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "ὑπερέχω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hitztayén",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "הצטיין"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "kimagaslik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "kiemelkedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "jeleskedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "kitűnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "ecelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "superare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "eccellere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "brillare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "primeggiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "spiccare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こえる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koeru",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "超える"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こえる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koeru",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "越える"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たくえつする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "takuetsu suru",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "卓越する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tagwolhada",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "탁월하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "praecellō"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "excellir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "distinguir-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vydeljátʹsja",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выделя́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otličátʹsja",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отлича́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "sobresalir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "distinguirse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "destacarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "lucirse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "llevarse la palma"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "llevarse la joya"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "exceler"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "excellera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "briljera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "glänsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to be much better than others",
      "word": "stila"
    }
  ],
  "word": "excel"
}

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