excel

/ɪkˈsel/ verb (present participle excelling, past tense and past participle excelled) formal

Definition

› [I] to be very good at something: Paula always excelled in languages at school.

excel yourself › to do something better than you usually do: The British team have excelled themselves this year to reach the finals.

(Definition of excel verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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