excellence

/ˈɛks(ə)ləns/

/ˈɛksələnts/

Other forms: excellences

Excellence means greatness — the very best. Achieving excellence is never easy to do.

Excellence is a quality that people really appreciate, because it's so hard to find. Excellence is the quality of excelling, of being truly the best at something. Getting an A+ shows excellence. Michael Jordan's basketball career was filled with excellence. We love Picasso and Shakespeare for their excellence. When you see excellence, you should appreciate the work that went into it. So much in the world falls short of excellence.

Definitions of excellence

1. noun

   the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
   types:

   admirability, admirableness, wonderfulness

   admirable excellence

   grandness, impressiveness, magnificence, richness

   splendid or imposing in size or appearance

   civilisation, civilization, refinement

   the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste

   expansiveness, expansivity

   a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand

   loftiness, majesty, stateliness

   impressiveness in scale or proportion

   type of:

   quality

   an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
2. noun

   an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
   “a center of manufacturing excellence”

   synonyms: excellency

   type of:

   characteristic, feature

   a prominent attribute or aspect of something