pedigree
an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry.
a genealogical table, chart, list, or record, especially of a purebred animal.
distinguished, excellent, or pure ancestry.
derivation, origin, or history: the pedigree of a word.
Origin of pedigree
1synonym study For pedigree
Other words from pedigree
- ped·i·gree·less, adjective
Words Nearby pedigree
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How to use pedigree in a sentence
We can continue to use the word while admitting that we don’t really have a scientific pedigree for where the development of the word came from.
The Physicist’s New Book of Life - Issue 92: Frontiers | Michael Brooks | October 21, 2020 | NautilusHome losses have piled up regardless of conference or program pedigree.
Home Teams Aren’t Winning As Much In College Football This Season. The Big Ten Should Fit Right In. | Josh Planos | October 21, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightThe championship ambitions of the Los Angeles Lakers naturally centered on the historically great pedigree of LeBron James.
Anthony Davis Was Key For The Lakers’ Title Run. He’s Also The Key To Their Future. | James L. Jackson | October 14, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightYou come away from the book realizing that the Spaniard is less a runner—the sport that made him famous—than a climber, though one of unusual pedigree.
Kilian Jornet Has a New Book on His Epic Everest Quest | Nick Heil | September 29, 2020 | Outside OnlineThese historical acts — each with a different pedigree perhaps, or a different set of motivations — have resulted in a collection of disparities that go well beyond housing.
Should America (and FIFA) Pay Reparations? (Ep. 426) | Stephen J. Dubner | July 16, 2020 | Freakonomics
His sex-offender pedigree was real, though; Australian police have those certificates.
Literary pedigree is or should be a valid concern for any writer or for any critic considering that writer.
Compliments Are Nice, but Enough With the Cormac McCarthy Comparisons | William Giraldi | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut for his political pedigree, Klain would have no business being Ebola coordinator.
Where There’s Trouble, You’ll Usually Find Joe Biden | Lloyd Green | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe last play with this pedigree was Matilda, still going strong a year and a half later.
Fall Broadway Preview: 'This Is Our Youth,' Bradley Cooper as ‘The Elephant Man,' and More | Janice Kaplan | September 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis pedigree is top-notch, but his political experience still green.
Figure Skater Michelle Kwan Chases Gold in Rhode Island’s Gubernatorial Race | Nicholas McCarvel | April 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe is of good pedigree, as I can show thee if thee will step over to my mill and look at my ledger.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondTracing back Tchaikovskys pedigree, we do not find a single name connected with music.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyThis lady was forty years of age, insufferably proud of her pedigree, and in her manners stiff and repulsive.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottIf the question had been simply one of pedigree, the right of the Dauphin would have been incontestable.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayIt certainly does not sparkle now, but it must have come of a witty stock, and have boasted a mirth-provoking pedigree.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian Sharman
British Dictionary definitions for pedigree
/ (ˈpɛdɪˌɡriː) /
the line of descent of a purebred animal
(as modifier): a pedigree bull
a document recording this
a genealogical table, esp one indicating pure ancestry
derivation or background: the pedigree of an idea
Origin of pedigree
1Derived forms of pedigree
- pedigreed, adjective
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