| VERB | stative | excel, stand out, surpass | distinguish oneself |
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| Sounds | ihkseh'l | |
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| Rhymes | Aix-la-Chapelle ... zinfandel / Zinfandel: 95 rhymes with ehl... | |
| Meaning | distinguish oneself. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "She excelled in math" | |
| Synonyms | stand out, surpass | |
| Narrower | exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top | Be superior or better than some standard |
| rank, outrank | Take precedence or surpass others in rank | |
| shine at, excel at | Be good at | |
| Spanish | aventajar, descollar, destacarse, destacar, distinguirse, resaltar, sobrepasar, sobresalir | |
| Catalan | descollar, distingir-se, excel·lir, sobrepassar, sobresortir | |
| Adjectives | excellent | very good |
| Nouns | excellence | the quality of excelling |
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