prestige
IPA: prɛstˈiʒ
noun
- The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
- (obsolete, often preceded by "the") Delusion; illusion; trick.
verb
- (video games) To start over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.
adjective
- (sociolinguistics, of a linguistic form) Regarded as relatively prestigious; often, considered the standard language or language variety, or a part of such a variety.
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Examples of "prestige" in Sentences
- His prestige is pretty good.
- New Zealand has garnered immense prestige.
- Japanese prestige rose in the eyes of the world.
- This prestige is ours, too, to use for the good of mankind.
- Such was the prestige of the hunt, even in the 18th century.
- The signifigance of this is the matter of respect and prestige.
- He strengthened the power and prestige of the Bohemian Kingdom.
- National prestige is going to carry us to the next star system?
- The higher the prestige award gained, the higher the notability.
- The success of the expedition increased the prestige of the city.
- The potlatch was a demonstration of prestige, not an exchage of gifts.
- The actual power was in the hand of the aristocrats with high prestige.
- They also gain prestige and a longer life on bookstore and library shelves.
- Investing in capabilities in order to serve national prestige is outside of that.
- What the Golden Globe Awards lack in prestige they make up for in being damn entertaining.
- They are nothing but business scams and the church has so much prestige from the donations they have collected for centuries.
- Mr. Weiss and Ms. Whitson are true believers, and they help Human Rights Watch gain prestige from other true believers, and raise money from them.
- But with this group of nominees, the winner is more likely to bask in prestige than bigger royalties, says John Allen, vice president at Use Somebody publisher Bug Music.
- This inequality gets worse at higher IQs Assuming a normal distribution, 4.8% of whites would fall above 125 IQ versus only 0.9% of Hispanics, which explains why Hispanics are given ethnic preferences in prestige college admissions.