# excellence

Pronunciation: US say "EK-suh-luhns" /ˈɛksələns/; UK

## Noun

1. The quality of being outstanding or extremely good; brilliance.
   - Simple: The quality of being very good or doing something extremely well.
   - _The orchestra's performance was a model of musical excellence._
   - _His coaching pushed every athlete toward excellence on the track._
2. A valuable or admirable quality; a particular thing someone does very well; a virtue.
   - Simple: A good quality that makes someone or something special or valuable.
   - _Honesty is an excellence worth cultivating in any leader._
   - _The biographer cataloged the statesman's intellectual excellences in loving detail._
3. An area or activity in which a person excels.
   - Simple: A thing that a person is especially good at doing.
   - _Strategy was the general's particular excellence on the battlefield._
   - _Her many excellences ranged from chemistry to classical piano._

## Origin

This word came from Middle English "excellence," borrowed from Old French "excellence," which came from Latin "excellentia."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/excellence (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).