prerogative
IPA: prɪrˈɑgʌtɪv
noun
- An exclusive hereditary or official right or privilege.
- A right, or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc, especially such a power to make a decision or judgement.
- A right, especially when due to one's position or role.
- A property, attribute or ability which gives one a superiority or advantage over others; an inherent advantage or privilege; a talent.
adjective
- Having a hereditary or official right or privilege.
- Characterized by lawless state actions, as in a prerogative state.
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Examples of "prerogative" in Sentences
- That is the prerogative of anybody.
- It is the prerogative of the writer.
- That is the prerogative of the prosecutor.
- Isn't submission the prerogative of the state
- Regale in this context means a royal prerogative.
- Personal choices are the prerogative of the individual.
- Of course, that's the prerogative of the righteous and the holy.
- That, he said, was the prerogative of the government and the police.
- It was then the prerogative of the surveyor to christen his lay out.