Tra từ excellent - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ex·cel·lent BrE [ˈeksələnt] NAmE [ˈeksələnt] adjective
1. extremely good
•an excellent meal
•excellent service
• At $300 the bike is excellent value.
• She speaks excellent French.
• (informal)It was absolutely excellent.
2. used to show that you are very pleased about sth or that you approve of sth
• You can all come? Excellent!
Derived Word: ↑excellently

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘outstanding’ in either a good or bad way): from Old French, from Latin excellent- ‘being pre-eminent’, from excellere ‘surpass’, from ex- ‘out, beyond’ + celsus ‘lofty’. The current appreciatory sense dates from the early 17th cent.

Thesaurus:
excellent [excellent excellently] adj.
•The rooms are excellent value at $30 a night.
outstanding • • wonderful • • first-rate • • perfect • • classic • • superb • |BrE, especially spoken marvellous • |AmE, especially spoken marvelous • |BrE, informal, spoken brilliant • |especially BrE, formal sterling •
Opp: mediocre
a/an excellent/outstanding/wonderful/first-rate/perfect/superb/marvellous/brilliant/sterling performance/job/service
a/an excellent/outstanding/wonderful/superb/marvellous/brilliant achievement
really excellent/outstanding/wonderful/first-rate/perfect/superb/marvellous/brilliant

Synonyms:
excellent
outstanding • perfect • superb
These words all describe sth that is extremely good.
excellent • extremely good. Excellent is used especially about standards of service or of sth that sb has worked to produce: ▪ The rooms are excellent value at $20 a night. ◇ ▪ He speaks excellent English.
Excellent is also used to show that you are very pleased about sth or that you approve of sth: ▪ You can all come? Excellent!
outstanding • extremely good. Outstanding is used especially about how well sb does sth or how good sb is at sth: ▪ an outstanding achievement
perfect • extremely good. Perfect is used especially about conditions or how suitable sth is for a purpose: ▪ Conditions were perfect for walking. ◇ ▪ She came up with the perfect excuse.
superb • (informal) extremely good or impressive: ▪ The facilities at the hotel are superb.
a(n) excellent/outstanding/perfect/superb job/performance
a(n) excellent/outstanding/superb achievement
really/absolutely/quite excellent/outstanding/perfect/superb

Example Bank:
•In an otherwise excellent issue about global warming, I found Jeremy Creed's article very unconvincing.
•In an otherwise excellent issue, I found Creed's article very unconvincing.
•The meals are generally excellent.
•The performances and recordings are uniformly excellent.
•The school is considered excellent.
•These potatoes are excellent for baking.
•‘You can all come?’‘ Excellent!’
•He speaks excellent English.
•She made one factual error in her otherwise excellent article.
•The rooms are excellent value at $20 a night.
•You can get an excellent view of the town from the balcony.