pre-eminent

British  

/ prɪˈɛmɪnənt /

adjective

1. extremely eminent or distinguished; outstanding

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Other Word Forms

• pre-eminence noun
• pre-eminently adverb

Example Sentences

A stroke of luck came when the painter Albrecht Dürer, then in his 50s and pre-eminent among portraitists in Europe, failed to complete a portrait commissioned by the Dutch humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam, who was living in the city.

From The Wall Street Journal

First, the U.S. remains the world’s pre-eminent military power.

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While not a pre-eminent Islamic scholar, Khamenei has studied under various grand ayatollahs.

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Khamenei isn’t regarded as a pre-eminent religious authority, despite his new position as spiritual guide for the world’s Shias.

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He is also designated as the pre-eminent authority for the world’s roughly 200 million Shia Muslims.

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Related Words

• abstract
• fantastic
• otherworldly
• sublime
• supernatural
• ultimate