to excel

Examples

• All

• Your academically advanced students excel no matter what format is adhered to.

  Academic text (1994)

• With hard work and determination, she was able to excel in her mathematics studies.

• I will make sure that you excel in whatever you do.

  High Performance

• What are the areas that that people need to excel in to be successful?

  Ed Mylett

• You feel better when you excel, when you write a good paper.

• Do you think men and women excel at different kinds of jobs?

  Academic text (1992)

• Schools of Education should staff faculty who excel as teachers or field supervisors.

  Academic text (1996)

• And of course, Stanford excels in all of those aspects.

  Stanford

• If educators expect students to excel in twenty-first-century skills, then teachers must model these skills.

  Academic text (2015)

• Twice-exceptional students excel in devising creative solutions that may be unanticipated by the teacher.

  Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

S

to shine

vsto excel

138 3.6

To do very well and be noticed for ability

focuses more on surpassing others and exceptional superiority rather than example

E

to excel at

vsto excel

20 3.4

To be very good at a subject or skill

is stronger, meaning exceptionally good and surpasses other people

S

to shine at

vsto excel

1 3.5

To be very good at a particular activity

implies higher excellence, going beyond good performance to outdo others

Antonyms

F

to fail

898 1.0

Not succeed in doing something you wanted to do

Phrasal Verbs

E

to excel at

20 3.4

To be very good at a subject or skill

Compounds

P

pressure to excel

4.8

A strong feeling that you must do very well in school, work, or sport

How Well

to dominate

213 3.8

to outshine

15 4.8

to excel

58 3.7

to do well

520 1.2

Surface Forms

Etymology