Library / English Dictionary

PREEMINENCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

High status importance owing to marked superiority

Example:

a scholar of great eminence

Synonyms:

distinction; eminence; note; preeminence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("preeminence" is a kind of...):

high status (a position of superior status)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "preeminence"):

king (preeminence in a particular category or group or field)

Derivation:

preeminent (greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement)

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