eminent
high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished: eminent statesmen.
conspicuous, signal, or noteworthy: eminent fairness.
prominent; projecting; protruding: an eminent nose.
Origin of eminent
1synonym study For eminent
Other words for eminent
Opposites for eminent
Other words from eminent
- em·i·nent·ly, adverb
- non·em·i·nent, adjective
- qua·si-em·i·nent, adjective
- qua·si-em·i·nent·ly, adverb
- un·em·i·nent, adjective
- un·em·i·nent·ly, adverb
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How to use eminent in a sentence
It didn’t matter that eminent statisticians and psychologists panned significance testing from the start.
How the strange idea of ‘statistical significance’ was born | Bruce Bower | August 12, 2021 | Science NewsShe’s a retired nurse and he’s a fairly eminent scientist in the environment field, also retired.
Carolyn Hax: Son’s father-in-law called your covid advice ‘sanctimonious.’ How to respond? | Carolyn Hax | June 17, 2021 | Washington PostThe same chronicler added that, with so few workers left, survivors “could scarcely be persuaded to serve the eminent unless for triple wages.”
Pandemics have long created labor shortages. Here’s why. | Spencer Strub | June 3, 2021 | Washington PostAmar, an eminent professor of law and political science at Yale, has great affection for his subject as a text that is worthy of loving engagement by scholars and the public at large.
How a decades-long conversation shaped the young United States | Kenneth Mack | May 14, 2021 | Washington PostLiterally, there’s a list of the most eminent psychologists.
President Lyndon Johnson weighed in; national symposia of eminent men were held to discuss the issue.
The Obama administration should have been raising holy hell, demanding that a pre-eminent doctor get his vote on the Senate floor.
Some of the pre-eminent innovators at the intersection of art and coding are based at the Aesthetics and Computation Group at MIT.
Frickin’ Laser Beams Run by Eyeballs: The Next Art Revolution Is Here | Nico Hines | July 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPre-eminent naval historian Craig L. Symonds talks about how the Allies devised, executed, and then survived the D-Day invasion.
D-Day Historian Craig Symonds Talks About History’s Most Amazing Invasion | Marc Wortman | June 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is today regarded as a pre-eminent artistic commentary on apartheid.
In Palestinian Theater's New York Performance, the Play After the Play is the Thing | Lisa Goldman | September 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWilliam Hewson died; an eminent English anatomist, and medical author.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellGottfried Achenwall, an eminent German lecturer on statistics, history and the laws of nature, died at Gttingen.
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British Dictionary definitions for eminent
/ (ˈɛmɪnənt) /
above others in rank, merit, or reputation; distinguished: an eminent scientist
(prenominal) noteworthy, conspicuous, or outstanding: eminent good sense
projecting or protruding; prominent
Origin of eminent
1Derived forms of eminent
- eminently, adverb
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