Collocations for "excellent"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "excellent" in context.
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excellent
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- that is an excellent [idea, suggestion, choice]
- excellent [idea]!
- that was an excellent [meal, movie, speech]
- got excellent [grades, results, reviews]
- has an excellent [job, opportunity, chance]
- [has, with] excellent [people, interpersonal, IT, management] skills
- had an excellent time [last night, with you]
- now [is, would be] an excellent time to
- an excellent [start, introduction] to
- an excellent example of [how, where, when, what] to
- was [hardly, really] excellent
- in excellent [condition, spirits]
'excellent' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Spanish
- accommodation
- catering
- climate
- coaching
- communication
- competence
- comprehension
- cooperation
- craft
- crisis
- cuisine
- decoy
- delivery
- demonstration
- dress
- employment
- endurance
- farming
- finance
- form
- grape
- grub
- have
- impression
- indeed
- listening
- literacy
- management
- margin
- mark
- marker
- medication
- memory
- merit
- mimic
- offer
- oral
- piece
- plan
- play
- provide
- provider
- quality
- rate
- reading
- reception
- red
- regard
- relation