excellence
The quality of being excellent; brilliance
Example
“John Davies was awarded for excellence in the field of computer security.”
Other meanings
Something in which one excels.
An excellent or valuable quality; something at which any someone excels; a virtue.
Synonyms
- superiority
- perfection
- worth
- purity
Related words
- superexcellence
- center of excellence
- plural of excellence
Word history
From Old French "excellence".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “excellence” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.