preeminent

or pre-em·i·nent

[ pree-em-uh-nuhnt ]

/ priˈɛm ə nənt /

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adjective

eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing: He is preeminent in his profession.

OTHER WORDS FOR preeminent

distinguished, peerless, supreme.

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Origin of preeminent

1400–50; late Middle English <Latin praeēminent- (stem of praeēminēns), present participle of praeēminēre to project forward, be prominent. See pre-, eminent

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See dominant.

OTHER WORDS FROM preeminent

pre·em·i·nent·ly, adverb

How to use preeminent in a sentence

He has picked pre-primary brawls with Christie, Perry, and Marco Rubio.
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At that time, pre -9/11, the links were more subtle and had to be hunted down.
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While in pre-trial detention, Krivov undertook two hunger strikes.
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At his year-end, pre-Hawaii press conference, we caught a rare glimpse of peak Obama.
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Instead, the military commission proceedings are bogged down in a pre-trial phase, as it has been for the past three years.
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The Spaniards, indeed, feigned to regard them only as a remnant of the rebels who had joined the pre-existing brigand bands.
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Doubtless the commentator habit is fixed in the nature of man; but it was pre-eminently mediaeval.
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William Hewson died; an eminent English anatomist, and medical author.
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Gottfried Achenwall, an eminent German lecturer on statistics, history and the laws of nature, died at Gttingen.
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John Pickering, an eminent American philologist, died at Boston, aged 60.
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British Dictionary definitions for preeminent

pre-eminent

/ (prɪˈɛmɪnənt) /

adjective

extremely eminent or distinguished; outstanding

Derived forms of pre-eminent

pre-eminence, nounpre-eminently, adverb

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