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prestige
[ pre-steezh, -steej ]
noun
- reputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes.
Synonyms: importance, weight
Antonyms: disrepute
- distinction or reputation attaching to a person or thing and thus possessing a cachet for others or for the public:
The new discothèque has great prestige with the jet set.
adjective
- having or showing success, rank, wealth, etc.
prestige
/ prɛˈstiːʒ /
noun
- high status or reputation achieved through success, influence, wealth, etc; renown
- the power to influence or impress; glamour
- ( modifier )
a prestige car
Other Words From
- pres·tigeful adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of prestige1
Word History and Origins
Origin of prestige1
Example Sentences
The Cup is a prestige project on which he has staked his reputation.
Malaysian bought five superjumbo Airbus A380s as much as a matter of prestige as of business logic.
Like blood ivory, some see it as a status symbol due to its perceived prestige and ballooned financial value.
And I truly believed that you would use your high office and prestige to move America toward racial reconciliation.
In short, jazz now possesses a prestige unprecedented in its long history.
However, on reaching Spain, the magic of the Emperor's personality soon restored the vigour and prestige of the French arms.
In choosing Massna to carry to Paris the tidings of peace, it was not only his prestige and renown which influenced Bonaparte.
The man who has seen gains self-confidence and the prestige of his subject when he encounters others who have only heard and read.
The motive of this harmless ruse was to bolster up Spanish prestige and thereby avoid bloodshed.
In no colony where the value of the white manʼs prestige is appreciated would such a law have been promulgated.
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