{
    "term": "excel",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "excel",
            "heSheIt": "excels"
        },
        "pastSimple": "excelled",
        "pastParticiple": "excelled",
        "ingForm": "excelling"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to be very good at doing something",
            "sensetop": "excel (in/at something)excel (at doing something)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She has always excelled in foreign languages.",
                    "contextForm": "excel (in/at something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "As a child he excelled at music and art."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team excels at turning defence into attack.",
                    "contextForm": "excel (at doing something)"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to do extremely well and even better than you usually do",
            "sensetop": "excel yourself",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Rick's cooking was always good, but this time he really excelled himself."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈsel/",
                "audio": "ex/excel/excel__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈselz/",
                "audio": "ex/excel/excels__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈseld/",
                "audio": "ex/excel/excelled__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈselɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ex/excel/excelling__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈsel/",
                "audio": "ex/excel/excel__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈselz/",
                "audio": "ex/excel/excels__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈseld/",
                "audio": "ex/excel/excelled__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈselɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ex/excel/excelling__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin excellere, from ex- ‘out, beyond’ + celsus ‘lofty’."
}