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# excellent

«excellent» in Mova's school dictionary: **extremely good, of the highest quality** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (excellent); interjection (Excellent!)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Excellent means extremely good, of the highest quality. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excellent/#m1)

2) (interjection) «Excellent!» is said when you are very pleased. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excellent/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school, teachers write «Excellent work!» on good work; it is praise. In everyday speech «Excellent!» shows delight. Phrases: in excellent condition, an excellent idea.

### examples

- Excellent work, well done! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excellent/#x1)
- She is an excellent swimmer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excellent/#x2)
- That's an excellent idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excellent/#x3)
- The bike is in excellent condition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excellent/#x4)
- «We've got a day off!» «Excellent!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excellent/#x5)
- The food at the party was excellent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excellent/#x6)
- You got all the answers right — excellent! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excellent/#x7)
- "Here is excellent fare!" said the sparrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excellent/#x8)

### note

Spelling: double l, ends in -ent. Starts with a vowel sound: «an excellent». Usually no «more excellent» or «very excellent», since it already means extremely good. Noun: excellence; verb: excel.

### In the corpora

- [Elephants have excellent memories: old female leaders remember distant water in droughts and recognise friends after many years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/12/)
- [«What a capital little house this is! … Everything here and everything in its place!» (Capital = excellent.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers/20/)
- [But first tell me how you are yourself, and the excellent Mole?»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/21/)
- [«Make it a round twenty.» «Excellent!» says the Chairman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon/11/)
- [All night they cheer each other on with «Excellent!» and «Won't Painted Jaguar be surprised!»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «excellent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excellent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.