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EXCELLENT
excellent, first-class, fantabulous, splendid, ripping
(adjective) very good; of the highest quality; “made an excellent speech”; “he was a splendid teacher”; “a first-class mind”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
excellent (comparative excellenter or more excellent, superlative excellentest or most excellent)
Having excelled, having surpassed.
Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.
Exceptionally good of its kind.
Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality.
Synonyms
• See Thesaurus:excellent
Antonyms
• poor
• terrible
Adverb
excellent (comparative more excellent, superlative most excellent)
(obsolete) Excellently.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"cel*lent, a. Etym: [F. excellent, L. excellens, -entis, p. pr. of excellere. See Excel.]
1. Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action. To love . . . What I see excellent in good or fair. Milton.
2. Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; -- used with words of a bad significance. [Obs. or Ironical] "An excellent hypocrite." Hume. Their sorrows are most excellent. Beau. & Fl.
Syn.
– Worthy; choice; prime; valuable; select; exquisite; transcendent; admirable; worthy.
Ex"cel*lent, adv.
Definition: Excellently; eminently; exceedingly. [Obs.] "This comes off well and excellent." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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