prestige
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5.1
- noun
- /prɛˈstiːʒ/
- The award gave the scientist a great deal of prestige among his peers.
- occupational prestige
- social prestige
- high prestige
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Watch on YouTubeSo there is an element of prestige associated with being selected.
- So there is an element of prestige associated with being selected.
- Enrollments are declining, prestige is plummeting.
- I don't know that it's going to get you any prestige or any of those sorts of things.
- It's like the museum is about money, endowments, donors, prestige, power and fancy parties.
- The nobles or yarls held great wealth, land, and prestige.
- But it's also a town where it's not really like, like prestige doesn't derive from material wealth.
- What gets you there is experience, connections, and prestige.
- They're concerned about their money and prestige.
- And that battle was a real blow for British prestige.
- Maybe you're not, you don't have the same prestige as you did in your small college back home.
- And so this was these items of prestige would become the money.
- Because the Royals have prestige, and prestige is designed.
Examples
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Some conductors believe that having an original masterwork on the program adds prestige to the performance.
Academic text (2013) -
Another implication was a new prestige and authority for physicians.
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So doctor, lawyer, anything with prestige was the correct answer.
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So there is an element of prestige associated with being selected.
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And he found it a shock that the doctors had so much prestige here and the engineers had so little.
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If we withdraw under pressure, our prestige all over the world is threatened.
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Today, the teacher has less authority and prestige, while the students have more rights and distractions.
Academic text (1990) -
He wasn't chasing anything but prestige and social status.
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Years passed; my work at GenTech brought me prestige and a professorship at the University of Michigan.
Fiction book (1997) -
Working for a prestigious company can enhance your personal prestige in the job market.
Synonyms
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2.7
High respect or recognition for someone's achievements
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1.0
A feeling of admiration for someone because they are good or successful
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1.0
Being known by many people for something you did
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3.8
Great fame and honor from important achievements
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3.5
The quality of being very important and admired for skill or achievements
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5.9
The respect and importance someone or something has because of their success
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4.6
An honor that rewards very good work or success
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5.6
A state of being important and easily noticed
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5.5
Wide fame and respect for someone's work or good qualities
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8.7
A sign that makes someone or something seem more respected and important
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7.9
High respect for a person because of their work in a field
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4.4
A position of respect and importance in society or at work
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6.7
The opinion people have of someone, often about how respected they are
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4.3
A respected place in a group because people admire you
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7.9
Being better than others in an area, like skill or success
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8.6
Great fame and respect for doing important work
A quality of being respected and admired because of success, power, or money
Antonyms
How Prestigious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Prestige comes from an old Latin word praestigium that meant 'trick' or 'illusion'. Think of a magic show that makes people amazed — that's the image behind the word, and that's why prestige today means the respect and admiration you get because you seem impressive.