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overexcel

overexcel verb: synonym of excel (“surpass, do better than”).

Verb

overexcel (third-person singular simple present overexcels, present participle overexcelling, simple past and past participle overexcelled)

  1. (intransitive, reflexive) Synonym of excel (“surpass, do better than”)
    Synonyms:
    excel

Synonyms of overexcel

Forms of overexcel

third-person singular presentoverexcels
present participleoverexcelling
past participleoverexcelled
pastoverexcelled

Origin of overexcel

over- + excel

Questions about overexcel

What does overexcel mean?
Overexcel means synonym of excel (“surpass, do better than”).
What part of speech is overexcel?
Overexcel is a verb.
What is the past tense of overexcel?
The past tense of overexcel is overexcelled.

Words near overexcel in the dictionary

  1. overexaggerates
  2. overexaggerating
  3. overexaggeration
  4. overexaggerations
  5. overexamined
  6. overexcel
  7. overexcelled
  8. overexcelling
  9. overexcels
  10. overexcess
  11. overexcesses

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