prestige

noun

/preˈstiːʒ/

[uncountable]

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the respect and value that somebody/something has because of their social position, or what they have done synonym status
- personal prestige
- There is a lot of prestige attached to owning a car like this.
- jobs with low prestige
Extra Examples
- Doctors have suffered a loss of prestige following a spate of scandals.
- Lavish hospitality allows the host to gain prestige.
- Owning landed property confers prestige.
- The couple's prestige was damaged by the allegations.
- The post carried great prestige within the police force.
- Wearing designer clothes is a matter of personal prestige for many teenagers.
- Winning the prize carries immense prestige.
- an international company that enjoys immense prestige
- The first prize is the prestige of having your painting exhibited at a top London gallery.
- The jobs are accorded different levels of prestige.
- These games are seen by many as a means of winning status and prestige among their peers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- considerable
- enormous
- great
- …
verb + prestige
- enjoy
- have
- lack
- …
preposition
- prestige among
- prestige with
- prestige within
- …
phrases
- a loss of prestige
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Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘illusion, conjuring trick’): from French, literally ‘illusion, glamour’, from late Latin praestigium ‘illusion’, from Latin praestigiae (plural) ‘conjuring tricks’. The transference of meaning occurred by way of the sense ‘dazzling influence, glamour’, at first depreciatory.

prestige

adjective

/preˈstiːʒ/

[only before noun]

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that brings respect and importance
- a prestige job
admired and respected because it looks important and expensive synonym luxury
- a prestige car
- prestige items such as jewellery and silver

Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘illusion, conjuring trick’): from French, literally ‘illusion, glamour’, from late Latin praestigium ‘illusion’, from Latin praestigiae (plural) ‘conjuring tricks’. The transference of meaning occurred by way of the sense ‘dazzling influence, glamour’, at first depreciatory.

单词	prestige
释义	prestige noun /preˈstiːʒ/ /preˈstiːʒ/ [uncountable] jump to other results the respect and value that somebody/something has because of their social position, or what they have done synonym status personal prestige There is a lot of prestige attached to owning a car like this. jobs with low prestige Extra Examples Doctors have suffered a loss of prestige following a spate of scandals. Lavish hospitality allows the host to gain prestige. Owning landed property confers prestige. The couple's prestige was damaged by the allegations. The post carried great prestige within the police force. Wearing designer clothes is a matter of personal prestige for many teenagers. Winning the prize carries immense prestige. an international company that enjoys immense prestige The first prize is the prestige of having your painting exhibited at a top London gallery. The jobs are accorded different levels of prestige. These games are seen by many as a means of winning status and prestige among their peers. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective considerable enormous great … verb + prestige enjoy have lack … preposition prestige among prestige with prestige within … phrases a loss of prestige See full entry Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘illusion, conjuring trick’): from French, literally ‘illusion, glamour’, from late Latin praestigium ‘illusion’, from Latin praestigiae (plural) ‘conjuring tricks’. The transference of meaning occurred by way of the sense ‘dazzling influence, glamour’, at first depreciatory. prestige adjective /preˈstiːʒ/ /preˈstiːʒ/ [only before noun] jump to other results that brings respect and importance a prestige job admired and respected because it looks important and expensive synonym luxury a prestige car prestige items such as jewellery and silver Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘illusion, conjuring trick’): from French, literally ‘illusion, glamour’, from late Latin praestigium ‘illusion’, from Latin praestigiae (plural) ‘conjuring tricks’. The transference of meaning occurred by way of the sense ‘dazzling influence, glamour’, at first depreciatory.
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