excel

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

excel
    v 1: distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" [syn: {excel},
         {stand out}, {surpass}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Excel \Ex*cel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Excelling}.] [L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found
   in culmen height, top; cf. F. exceller. See {Culminate},
   {Column}.]
   1. To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable
      deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.
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            Excelling others, these were great;
            Thou, greater still, must these excel. --Prior.
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            I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light
            excelleth darkness.                   --Eccl. ii.
                                                  13.
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   2. To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.
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            She opened; but to shut
            Excelled her power; the gates wide open stood.
                                                  --Milton.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Excel \Ex*cel"\, v. i.
   To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or
   acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to
   excel in mathematics, or classics.
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         Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. --Gen. xlix.
                                                  4.
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         Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel. --Pope.
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from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Microsoft Excel
Excel

   <tool> A {spreadsheet} program from {Microsoft}, part of their
   {Microsoft Office} suite of productivity tools for {Microsoft
   Windows} and {Macintosh}.  Excel is probably the most widely
   used spreadsheet in the world.

   Latest version: Excel 97, as of 1997-01-14.

   (http://microsoft.com/msexcel/).

   [Feature summary?  History?]

   (1997-01-14)

from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Excel, AL (town, FIPS 24880)
  Location: 31.42617 N, 87.34242 W
  Population (1990): 571 (220 housing units)
  Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Excel, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
   Population (2000):    582
   Housing Units (2000): 253
   Land area (2000):     1.649436 sq. miles (4.272020 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.649436 sq. miles (4.272020 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            24880
   Located within:       Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
   Location:             31.427308 N, 87.340587 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Excel, AL
    Excel

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "excel":
      be born for, be master of, beat, best, better, cap, dominate,
      eclipse, exceed, go beyond, go one better, improve on, outdo,
      outpace, outrank, outshine, outstrip, outweigh, overbalance,
      overbear, overcome, overpass, overshadow, overtop, perfect,
      predominate, preponderate, prevail, shine, shine in, surpass, top,
      tower above, tower over, transcend, trump