excellence
/ˈɛksələns/
excellence noun: the quality of being excellent; brilliance.
Noun
excellence (usually uncountable, plural excellences)
Proper noun capitalized: Excellence
Excellence
- A title of honor or respect; more common in the form Excellency.
excellence meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
excellence in Hindi
- the quality of being excellent
- कमाल kamāl
excellence in Tamil
- the quality of being excellent
- சிறப்பு ciṟappu, மேன்மை mēṉmai
excellence in Marathi
- excellence, merit, virtue
- गुण guṇ
excellence in Urdu
- excellence
- کمال kamāl, اچھا پن acchāpan
- excellence, virtue
- فضل fazl
- excellence, superiority
- فضیلت fazīlat
More languagesFewer languages
- excellence in Bengali
- মহামান্য mohamanno, প্রকৃষ্টতা prôkriṣṭôtā, সত্তা śotta, প্রশস্ততা prôshôstôta
- excellence in Telugu
- గుణ్యత guṇyata, అతిశయము atiśayamu, మేలు mēlu
- excellence in Malayalam
- മികവ് mikavŭ, മേന്മ mēnma
- excellence in Kannada
- ನೀಟು nīṭu
- excellence in Punjabi
- ਕਮਾਲ kamāl, ਜੌਹਰ jauhar
- excellence in Gujarati
- ઉત્કૃષ્ટતા, શ્રેષ્ઠતા
- excellence in Odia
- ଭଗ bhaga
- excellence in Sanskrit
- विराज् virā́j, प्रकृष्टता prakṛṣṭatā, उत्कर्ष utkarṣa, समृद्धि sámṛddhi
- excellence in Nepali
- उत्कृष्टता
Examples of excellence in a sentence
- Excellence was the language the university adopted when it could no longer say what “higher” meant.
- Last October, I launched the first of our agri-tech centres of excellence, the agrimetric centre at Rothamsted.
- Detractors call it a cult of charisma, but the Humanists themselves use aretocracy, rule by excellence.
Synonyms of excellence
Forms of excellence
| plural | excellences |
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Origin of excellence
From Middle English excellence, from Old French excellence, from Latin excellentia.
Words formed from excellence
- Your Excellence
- His Excellence
- Her Excellence
- center of excellence
- plural of excellence
- superexcellence
Phrases with excellence
Questions about excellence
- What does excellence mean?
- Excellence means the quality of being excellent; brilliance.
- What is excellence in Hindi?
- Excellence in Hindi is कमाल (kamāl). See Excellence meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is excellence?
- Excellence can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce excellence?
- Excellence is pronounced /ˈɛksələns/.
- What is the plural of excellence?
- The plural of excellence is excellences.
Words near excellence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: excellence (page history and authors); Excellence (page history and authors); गुण (Marathi) (page history and authors); اچھا پن (Urdu) (page history and authors); প্রকৃষ্টতা (Bengali) (page history and authors); అతిశయము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ನೀಟು (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਕਮਾਲ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); excellence (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ଭଗ (Odia) (page history and authors); उत्कर्ष (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); excellence (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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