preeminent
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- adjective
- /priˈɛmɪnənt/
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preeminente
- The United States is not merely the preeminent global power but also Israel's major benefactor.
- a preeminent role
- preeminent power
- a preeminent position
But for people that don't know, he's one of the preeminent UFO ologists in the world.
- But for people that don't know, he's one of the preeminent UFO ologists in the world.
- Israel is the preeminent innovation nation.
- And President Trump is a primary example of this, a preeminent example.
- So the first element in becoming preeminent is exercising true empathy.
- James Joyce, preeminent modernist author, his characters are definitely not heroic.
- I may not be, you know, the preeminent scholar or practitioner of it, but I I get it.
- Run by the nation's preeminent candle reviewer, Kent, the new snowed in candle got its time in the spotlight.
- You can go through each of those studies and you can link to the study in preeminent journals by independent scientists, universities, research centers all over the world.
- So going into this book, courage being kind of the preeminent of the virtues makes sense to start here.
- The ground beef doesn't say keto on the name, but it is one of the preeminent Kino friendly foods on the planet.
- To be the best, damn, to be the most respected, the most preeminent, blah, blah, blah, the highest value for our clients, blah, blah, blah.
- And when you provide just another catalyst for subject matter X, he is the eminent preeminent subject matter expert on e-commerce.
- And the two most preeminent congressional scholars, Thomas Mann and Norm Ornstein, have written.
- But by and large, you know, comics are a visual medium, so that's why the artists are so preeminent.
Examples
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Jason is probably the preeminent economic policy thinker and doer of his generation.
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He is the preeminent marine biologist of his generation.
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Israel is the preeminent innovation nation.
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And what is more preeminent element of our law than the US Constitution?
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This is the preeminent truth where that affects every single decision that I make.
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For this alone, he is a preeminent figure in the history of British literary journalism.
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And he was one of the preeminent experts on Africa and the Congo.
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America's preeminent college for the performing arts.
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Helen is the preeminent Virginia Woolf scholar.
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Dr. Smith is considered the preeminent researcher in renewable energy solutions.
Synonyms
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1.0
Important and famous because of high quality or influence
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3.2
The main thing that matters most
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3.8
Of the best quality and most important
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3.9
Highest in rank, quality, or importance
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3.9
Easy to see or remember because it stands out
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3.4
Much better than most others in skill or quality
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4.5
Among the best or most skilled in a group
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4.2
Better in quality or performance than similar things
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4.2
Having more power or influence than others in a group
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4.2
Most important in a group or area
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1.0
Better than all others in quality or importance
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4.5
Most important or best in a group of similar things
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6.7
More important than anything else
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4.8
More common or important than others in a group
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Of the highest quality
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5.2
The best example of its kind
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7.7
So good that no one can do better
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8.7
Having more power or influence than others
Being the most powerful or important in a group
Most important and successful in a field
Antonyms
How Distinguished
- US
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6.2
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- Formal
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- Formal
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4.8
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3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Preeminent comes from pre- meaning 'before' and the root eminere meaning 'to stand out', the same idea you see in eminent. So someone preeminent 'stands out before' others and is the very best or most important.