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What is aced an exam?

By Daniel Moore

What is aced an exam?

Slang. a. to receive a grade of A in or on: to ace a test. b. to complete with great success.

What is the meaning of aced it?

Accomplish something with success, as in I’m sure he’ll ace it when he takes that bar exam. The verb ace originated in tennis with the meaning “to hit an unreturnable serve against an opponent.”

What is another word for aced?

What is another word for aced?

nailedclinched
got an A ongotten an A on
fulfilledaccomplished
completedachieved
succeededcome up to snuff in

Is aced a real word?

Yes, aced is in the scrabble dictionary.

Does acing a test mean 100%?

As far as I know, you ace an exam when you get the highest score. It can be an A+ or a 4.0. But a non-native speaker used ace to mean to get a very high score (not the highest). For example, the highest score in your exam is 100%, and your classmate got 96%, which is the highest score in your class.

What word class is aced in?

verb (used with object), aced, ac·ing. (in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) to win a point against (one’s opponent) by an ace.

Why are ACEs High?

It originally meant the side of a die with only one pip, before it was a term for a playing card. Since this was the lowest roll of the die, it traditionally meant ‘bad luck’ in Middle English, but as the ace is often the highest playing card, its meaning has since changed to mean ‘high-quality, excellence’.

Is aced a Scrabble word?

What is the synonym of excelled?

In this page you can discover 14 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for excelled, like: surpassed, topped, outstripped, bettered, transcended, failed, outmatched, outdone, exceeded, shone and eclipsed.