excel

5 definitions • 10 examples

to be extremely good at something:

excel in Rebecca always excelled in languages at school.

to do something better than you usually do:

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

The woman who did the flower arranging had excelled herself that day.

We came fifth in the competition, so we didn't exactly excel ourselves.

The goalkeeper excelled himself by blocking Lester's powerful shot.

I'm normally a pretty good cook, but I've excelled myself with this feast.

to do something very well or be highly skilled, and be better than most others:

[ I ] They all performed well, but the lead dancer really excelled.

a brand of software used for creating spreadsheets (= documents with rows of data for showing amounts and making calculations):

an Excel document/spreadsheet

These instructions assume you are familiar with using Excel.

to be extremely good at something:

excel in/at sth Their biggest competitive advantage is that they excel at manufacturing small, gas-efficient vehicles at low cost.