Meaning of exceptional in English:

exceptional

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adjective

1Unusual; not typical.
‘late claims will only be accepted in exceptional circumstances’
- ‘It can only be displaced by unusual or exceptional circumstances.’
- ‘While superficially complex, this was not an exceptional case.’
- ‘There are rare and exceptional circumstances in existence in this case.’
- ‘Bidding on rare and unusual items in exceptional condition was very aggressive, pushing prices to new highs.’
- ‘Again, there is no suggestion here that paying more than would be justified on a strict royalty calculation is an unusual or exceptional practice.’
- ‘He said that the exceptional permission for the unusual ceremony had been granted because his grandmother had herself served as a Wren.’
- ‘The Human Rights Act is, I believe, open to re-negotiation in certain exceptional circumstances.’
- ‘My old laptop was retired because of a really weird problem, which was that the computer would only start in exceptional circumstances.’
- ‘They only come before councillors in exceptional circumstances and the criteria for rejecting them are narrower than in other planning matters.’
- ‘Applications for damage to cars or non-essential items will not normally be considered, other than in exceptional circumstances.’
- ‘‘They are pretty exceptional circumstances,’ he said, trying to keep his anger hidden.’
- ‘We will publish manuscripts over 30,000 words only under exceptional circumstances.’
- ‘‘Although this may be increased in very exceptional circumstances,’ said Debbie.’
- ‘In exceptional circumstances, proposals or amendments could be introduced after the circulation of the agenda.’
- ‘This irrational checklist has nothing to do with pasta or pizzas, or indeed with the food at all - except in exceptional circumstances.’
- ‘There is currently some 30,000 farmers receiving exceptional circumstances drought relief.’
- ‘The judge awarded costs because of the exceptional circumstances.’
- ‘No more than three or four awards of this nature are made in the course of a year and only in exceptional circumstances to people outside Spain.’
- ‘Independent appeal panels are also to be advised that such decisions should only be overturned under exceptional circumstances.’
- ‘This is certainly a very unique case, a very exceptional set of circumstances.’
unusual, uncommon, abnormal, atypical, extraordinary, out of the ordinary, out of the way, rare, singular, unprecedented, unexpected, surprising
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1. 1.1Unusually good; outstanding.
  ‘a child of exceptional ability’
  ‘Some autistic children show, at an unusually early age, exceptional abilities in music, graphic art or arithmetic.’
  ‘The Savage bolt action has always provided outstanding accuracy and exceptional value for the money.’
  ‘She also had the exceptional ability to recall vividly small incidents in her life, and recount them without any exaggeration.’
  ‘Bernard's exceptional rugby ability has not gone unnoticed and he has recently been invited to play rugby with Leinster.’
  ‘And Kaushik, who had an exceptional ability in identifying the cars manufactured worldwide.’
  ‘If you have not tried pecorino cheese, give it a chance, it is has kind of a salty exceptional taste full of flavor more so than Parmesan.’
  ‘Writers are liked or disliked for something much vaster than their exceptional ability with language.’
  ‘His two points were superb efforts and his overall display marked him out as a player of exceptional ability.’
  ‘The Dolby Digital 5.1 also sounds exceptional, with outstanding separation in the mix.’
  ‘Reed has been fielding some punts in practice, and he is an exceptional athlete with big-play ability.’
  ‘This is a sure bet because carbon has an exceptional ability to link up with other atoms into long chains, or polymers.’
  ‘Lincoln appears to have been a man who loved to laugh and used his exceptional story telling ability to his advantage.’
  ‘The style of government directed by Henry II and his sons was exceptional for its penetrative ability and aggressive quality.’
  ‘McDaniel has functional speed but exceptional instincts and playmaking ability.’
  ‘Williams has exceptional hands and leaping ability and can beat linebackers deep with his speed.’
  ‘So far, so good, as most of the items on the menu are of reasonable price, significant size and exceptional flavor.’
  ‘It is the combination of exceptional memory and calculating ability which seems to combine in many of those we consider.’
  ‘The breed is also noted for its endurance ability, and its exceptional disposition.’
  ‘Hawkins doesn't have exceptional coverage ability but is aggressive and physical.’
  ‘Ted was a remarkable and exceptional man, who just happened to also live for 106 years.’
  outstanding, extraordinary, remarkable, unusually good, special, especial, excellent, phenomenal, prodigious
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Pronunciation

exceptional

/ɪkˈsɛpʃ(ə)n(ə)l/

/ɛkˈsɛpʃ(ə)n(ə)l/

noun

usually exceptionals

An item in a company's accounts arising from its normal activity but much larger or smaller than usual.
Compare with extraordinary
‘This drop in operating profit caused pre-tax profit before accounting for exceptionals to fall from a profit of £59.1m last year into a loss of £2m this time.’
- ‘The local management is hoping for a better full year out-turn than last year, but it is not stated whether this is before or after exceptionals are taken into account.’
- ‘For the six months to June 30, analysts are forecasting pre-tax profits before exceptionals of £13.6m against £12.1m last time, with earnings per share of 20.8p, and dividend per share of 11.9p.’
- ‘BPI, which has experienced a surge in its share price, is expected to announce pre-tax profits before exceptionals of £7.8m. Earnings per share will come in at 19.6p, and dividend per share will be 7p.’
- ‘Since then, oil has gained 20%: implying that the fuel charge has now risen to €7.2m, a sizeable chunk when 2004 profits before exceptionals amounted to €19m.’
- ‘If he has managed to get rid of all the bad news, amounting to £1.3bn of exceptionals, which led to the company reporting a net loss of £1.02 bn, then there should be room for considerable upside in the group's fortunes over the next year.’
- ‘Gym operator LA Fitness is expected to post full-year pre-tax profits before exceptionals of £8.7m on Wednesday, against £7.2m, according to consensus analyst forecasts.’
- ‘The Edinburgh company is expected to announce pre-tax profits before exceptionals of between £41m and £42m - in line with market forecasts - due mainly to its property developments.’
- ‘Throw in the write-downs on Imperial Holly and Greencore has incurred €310m worth of exceptionals since 2000, a sum equivalent to almost 50% of its current market cap.’
- ‘Pre-tax profit before exceptionals and investment in digital media and the free Metro title rose 14% to #104 million in the 26-week period ended July 2.’
- ‘The figure emerged as ICAP reported a rise in pre-tax profits to £117.5m from £83.8m, after exceptionals and goodwill write-offs.’
- ‘The consensus forecast for the year for profit before tax, goodwill and exceptionals is £905m compared with £836m the previous year, with all divisions expected to show an increase in profitability.’
- ‘RBS reports results on August 5, with profits before goodwill and exceptionals forecast to come in at £3.52 bn against £3.15 bn in the same period the year before.’
- ‘We base our group profit share on pre-tax, pre exceptionals which were down £10 million.’
- ‘Analysts expect profits before tax and exceptionals to be between 866m and 867m, up 9% on last year.’
- ‘Profit before tax and goodwill, but after exceptionals, is expected to hit £71m, up from £29.5m in 2002, according to a survey of analysts by Reuters.’
- ‘According to a consensus of analysts' forecasts, the group will post profits before exceptionals and goodwill of about £100m, up from £75.8m last time.’
- ‘At the half-year results in February he revealed that pre-tax profits before exceptionals slipped from £1.29 bn to £1.24 bn.’
- ‘The bank posted a 12% hike in pre-tax profits before exceptionals to £6.45 bn.’
- ‘The group is tipped to say pre-tax losses before exceptionals have halved to £2.5m from £5.7m previously.’