excel

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

Translation

› [I] to be very good at something

bir şeyde çok iyi/mükemmel olmak, üstün/ilerde olmak

Paula always excelled in languages at school.1840

excel yourself › to do something better than you usually do

kendini aşmak, çok mükemmelleşmek

The British team have excelled themselves this year to reach the finals.1840

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

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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