excel.
To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
Meaning & usage
To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
I excelled everyone else with my exam results.
To do much better than usual.
Everyone agreed Magnus really excelled himself this tournament.
To be much better than others.
To exceed, to go beyond.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English excellen, from Old French exceller, from Latin excellere, excelsum; ex (“out”) + *cellō, an unattested verb root found in culmen (“height, top”); Compare French exceller. See also culminate, column.
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