Academic Excellence

noun a person or thing of the highest quality or standard

adjective of the best or highest quality

• The company prides itself on providing first rate customer service.
• The new restaurant in town has first rate food at affordable prices.
• That movie was first rate, I highly recommend it to everyone.
• Her skills in negotiation are first rate, she always gets what she wants.

noun a successful or promising future or career

verb to travel or progress successfully

• With his impressive resume, he is sure to go places in his career.
• She's so talented, she's definitely going places.
• Dude, you're gonna go places with that new business idea!
• Learning a new language can really help you go places in life.

adjective showing skill or cleverness

adverb in a clever or skillful manner; easily

• The company handily exceeded their quarterly revenue target.
• She handily beat her opponent in the tennis match.
• He handily aced that test without even studying.
• The new software handily smooths out any glitches in the system.

noun a numerical symbol representing the first in a series

adjective denoting the first or highest in a set or series

• In terms of sales, our product is the number one in the market.
• Our team is the number one choice for this project.
• She's the number one girl in our group.
• His dedication makes him the number one player on the team.

verb to surpass or exceed in performance, achievement, or quality

• The company's revenue growth continues to outstrip its competitors.
• Her skills in basketball outstrip everyone else on the team.
• His car can outstrip any other vehicle on the road.
• Her determination to succeed outstrips all obstacles in her path.

verb A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence. In this case, 'ranked' is the past tense of the verb 'rank', which means to assign a position in a particular order or classification.

• The university is ranked among the top 10 in the country for its engineering program.
• She's ranked first in her class for the third year in a row.
• That new restaurant is ranked as the bomb by all the locals.
• His dedication to his craft has ranked him as a master in the industry.

verb to regard with deep respect or admiration; to venerate

• The revered professor was known for his groundbreaking research in the field of physics.
• Everyone in town revered the old man for his wisdom and kindness.
• That singer is revered by all her fans as the queen of pop.
• The ancient tree was revered by the villagers as a symbol of strength and resilience.

noun a person or thing of the highest quality or rank

adjective of the highest quality or rank; excellent

• The topflight athletes will be competing in the championship event next week.
• I heard that only the topflight teams will be selected for the tournament.
• Those players are topflight, they always bring their A-game.
• Her topflight performance in the meeting impressed everyone in the room.

noun a person who is harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event

verb to suffer harm, injury, or defeat as a result of one's own achievements or accomplishments

preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

article a word that is used with a noun to specify grammatical definiteness of the noun, and in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope

• One potential downside of achieving great success is that you may inadvertently become a victim of your own success.
• Be careful not to be a victim of your own success once you start excelling in your career.
• Don't let your success backfire on you and become a victim of your own game.
• Sometimes achieving too much success can lead you to be a victim of your own success, as it comes with its own set of challenges.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being

adjective a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun

adverb a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb

pronoun a word that can function as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

conjunction a word that connects words, phrases, or clauses

article a word that specifies a noun as definite or indefinite

• The professor is very knowledgeable and always seems to have all the answers.
• She's like a walking encyclopedia, she seems to know all the answers.
• He's a real know-it-all, always acting like he has all the answers.
• In life, we don't always have all the answers, and that's okay.