Meaning of PREEMINENT
| Pronunciation: | | pree'emununt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist" |
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| | Synonyms: | | greatest, leading(a), superior |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pre*["e]m"i*nent\, a. [L. praeminens, -entis, p. pr.
praeminere to be prominent, to surpass: cf. F.
pr['e]['e]minent. See {Pre-}, and {Eminent}.]
Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent;
superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of,
others; rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad
qualities; as, pre["e]minent in guilt.
In goodness and in power pre["e]minent. --Milton.
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