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overexcelling

overexcelling is the present participle and gerund of overexcel.

Meaning of overexcel

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

Questions about overexcelling

What is overexcelling the present participle and gerund of?
Overexcelling is the present participle and gerund of overexcel.

Words near overexcelling in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overexcelling (page history and authors); overexcel (page history and authors). 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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