excellences
SayEK-suh-luhn-siz/ˈɛksələnsɪz/
- 1Plural of excellence.
Critics enumerated the various excellences of the novel in their reviews.
The report celebrated the many excellences found in local craftsmanship.
Note
A plural that exists only because excellence can be counted. The mass noun, usually uncountable, names the quality of being excellent. The plural picks out particular merits or virtues one by one: the excellences of a novel, of a craft, of a character. As a title of respect the word is rarer. Excellency is the usual form there, so addressing dignitaries calls for that spelling instead.
excellences is a form of excellence
excellence, noun: The quality of being outstanding or extremely good; brilliance. Full entry
- Forms
- excellenceexcellences plural
- Spelling
- excellence → excellences: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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