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Definition of pre-eminent in English: pre-eminentadjective priːˈɛmɪnənt Surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way. the world's pre-eminent expert on asbestos Example sentencesExamples - We asked William Diamond, pre-eminent expert in international taxation, for his picks.
- Scott Joplin is regarded as the pre-eminent composer of ragtime compositions.
- Yet the long history of the Bank and its pre-eminent position in the City of London meant that its views had an authority and weight belied by the legal position.
- Latterly, he became the pre-eminent expert on Egyptian inscriptions.
- I questioned a prominent economist from one of the country's pre-eminent economic institutions.
- One of the pre-eminent landscape architects of her day, Gertrude Jekyll, did the landscaping side of the work.
- Since the 18th century, the Orange Order has been the pre-eminent social and political forum for Protestants.
- The Taj Mahal, in spite of its pre-eminent position in our heritage hierarchy, has not escaped this fate either.
- But the survey revealed that the Mosque is losing its pre-eminent position as a great learning center.
- Robert Parker, the pre-eminent American, falls into this group of experts.
- Margery Allingham is pre-eminent among the writers who brought the detective story to maturity in the decades between the two world wars.
- Robert Blatchford, a former North Yorkshire policeman, is now one of the region's pre-eminent genealogists.
- The two pre-eminent experts at giving directions are my flatmate Mike and my father.
- He's the world's pre-eminent expert on psychopathy and a regular advisor to the FBI.
- Next year the Times Literary Supplement, the pre-eminent British literary periodical, is 100 years old.
- It enjoyed a pre-eminent importance within the context of the federal building program in Dawson.
Synonyms greatest, leading, foremost, best, finest, chief, outstanding, excellent, distinguished, prominent, eminent, important, major, star, top, top-tier, topmost, famous, renowned, celebrated, illustrious, towering, supreme, superior, exceptional, unrivalled, unsurpassed, unequalled, inimitable, incomparable, matchless, peerless, unmatched, arch-, transcendent North American marquee rare supereminent
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin praeeminent- 'towering above, excelling', from the verb praeeminere, from prae 'before' + eminere 'stand out'. eminent from Late Middle English: Eminent ‘outstanding’ and eminence (Middle English) go back to Latin eminere ‘jut, project’. The French expression éminence grise, literally ‘grey eminence’ for someone who has power without an official position, has been used in English since the 1930s. The term was originally used in French of His Eminence the Cardinal Richelieu's grey-cloaked private secretary, Père Joseph (1577–1638). The Latin eminere is also found in pre-eminent (Late Middle English) and prominent (Late Middle English).
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