excelled
v.v. to be exceptionally good at something. You use this when you perform better than others in a specific activity like sports or school.
v. to surpass others in performance, achievement, or quality in a specific field. The past tense of 'excel'.
She excelled in her science classes last year.
The athlete excelled at the regional championships, breaking two long-standing records in the process.
While he struggled with the theoretical components of the course, he excelled during the practical application phase, demonstrating a natural aptitude for the machinery.
Intransitive when followed by a prepositional phrase, typically using 'in' or 'at'.
He excelled himself in the examHe excelled in the examWhile 'excel oneself' exists as a reflexive idiom meaning to do better than one's own previous best, learners often use it when they simply mean 'to do very well'.