Definition of "excel" []

• To do or be better than; surpass. (verb-transitive)
• To show superiority; surpass others. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Not to mention that doing, say, solver in excel is slow on anything other than a fairly recent vintage PC."
• "ITT Exelis is an energetic name that is derived from the word "excel," which is rooted in "ex," meaning "out in front" or "beyond.""
• "Before I just had a single rather messy page in excel with stories down one side and markets across the top."