Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The level of respect at which a person or thing is regarded by others; standing.
- noun Good reputation; honor.
- noun Great respect or importance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Illusion; juggling trick; fascination; charm; imposture.
- noun An illusion as to one's personal merit or importance, particularly a flattering illusion; hence, a reputation for excellence, importance, or authority; weight or influence arising from reputation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Delusion; illusion; trick.
- noun Weight or influence derived from past success; expectation of future achievements founded on those already accomplished; force or charm derived from acknowledged character or reputation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
Delusion ;illusion ;trick . - noun The quality of how good the
reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone isregarded
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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This prestige is ours, too, to use for the good of mankind.
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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.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Forthcoming TNR Piece on Human Rights Watch 2010
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National prestige is going to carry us to the next star system?
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They are nothing but business scams and the church has so much prestige from the donations they have collected for centuries.
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Investing in capabilities in order to serve national prestige is outside of that.
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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.
Going Gaga for Grammy's top song? A change from the past 2010
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They also gain prestige and a longer life on bookstore and library shelves.
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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.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A View from an Incoming Harvard 1L 2010
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They also gain prestige and a longer life on bookstore and library shelves.
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What the Golden Globe Awards lack in prestige they make up for in being damn entertaining.
Matt Live-Blogs the 2010 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS – Collider.com 2010
uselessness commented on the word prestige
Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called the pledge. The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isn't. The second act is called the turn. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something disappear isn't enough; you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call the prestige.
October 15, 2007
trivet commented on the word prestige
Whaddaya know‽ Something new every day...
October 15, 2007
kewpid commented on the word prestige
The film itself was a magic trick, with a final scene that fools most viewers.
October 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word prestige
Don't tell, don't tell! Haven't seen it yet. :-)
October 15, 2007
uselessness commented on the word prestige
One of my favorite movies of all time, just watched it again last night with some friends. It's really a masterpiece, one of those movies that will still have you thinking about it and asking questions days later. Reesetee, what are you waiting for? :-)
October 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word prestige
Uh...waiting to drag myself away from Wordie so I have enough time to see a movie? ;-)
October 15, 2007