preeminence

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas
US /pɹiˈɛmənəns/ UK /priːˈemɪnəns/
noun Freq #143138

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the state of being more important, powerful, skilled, or respected than others

    The university achieved preeminence in biomedical research.

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1 noun · the state of being more... primacysupremacyascendancyeminence
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Related forms preeminenteminence

Etymology

From Latin praeeminentia 'superiority,' from praeeminere 'to stand out before or above,' formed from prae- 'before' + eminere 'to project, stand out.'

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