exceptional
27
4.8
- adjective
- /ɪkˈsɛpʃənl/
- Specialized
:
con necesidades educativas especiales
- Ms. Stevenson believes that your child is exceptional... and has talents that our curriculum can't begin to challenge.
- Exceptional Children
- exceptional children
- exceptional student
Prodigies have brains that have exceptional memory, almost obsessional attention to detail.
- Prodigies have brains that have exceptional memory, almost obsessional attention to detail.
- So people with damage to this area, they can still walk, talk, think, but they have an exceptional problem being able to remember things related to a time and a place.
- The the person you're referring to must be quite exceptional, exceptionally weak as far as men go.
- Other people are born with like, like exceptional.
Examples
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The teacher recognized that Maria was an exceptional student who excelled in mathematics.
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I represent a group which is seeking scientists of exceptional ability.
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One of the great challenges of our time is to find people who are exceptional public leaders.
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The only way you can get in is as an exceptional student?
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A person of exceptional intelligence.
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How did I know she would be exceptional in advertising?
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Teacher candidates engage in various types of activities in the community with individuals with exceptional needs.
Academic text (2013) -
Amber, your son is exceptional.
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Miss Jessel said I was an exceptional student.
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On behalf of the University, I congratulate both winners for this distinguished recognition of their exceptional service to Stanford.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Made for a particular person, purpose, or occasion
∞
2.2
Not common and different from what people expect
859
3.8
Very unusual or much greater than usual
588
2.8
Unusual and easy to notice because it is different or surprising
213
4.1
Very unusual and special, not often seen
122
4.6
Not often found or seen and so rare
48
4.1
Not usual and different from what people expect
27
5.7
Different from what is usual or expected
20
7.0
Very unusual in a noticeable way
1
6.3
Not usual and often interesting or surprising
Antonyms
Compounds
How Atypical
- Formal
859
3.8
- Specialized
27
4.8
∞
2.2
27
5.7
843
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Exceptional comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and capere 'to take', so it means 'taken out' or 'outside the usual'. That's why schools use exceptional for students who stand out because their abilities are very different from the average.