Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having prestige; esteemed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Practising legerdemain; juggling; deluding.
- Performed by prestidigitation; illusory; deceptive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Practicing tricks; juggling.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of high
prestige .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having an illustrious reputation; respected
- adjective exerting influence by reason of high status or prestige
Etymologies
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Examples
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NICOLA Roberts, of Girls Aloud, redefines the term prestigious in the Daily Star.
Anorak News Anorak 2010
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How did Krugman actually get a graduate degree, let alone win prestigious awards?
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » US vs. Europe: Standard of Living 2010
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Look right here on MexConnect for a three-bedroom, two and a half bath (plus servant's quarters) home for sale in prestigious Santa Maria, high on the hill overlooking Morelia.
Housing in Morelia 2008
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"U of T professor first Canadian woman to win prestigious international science prize", Official University of Toronto press release
Archive 2008-12-01 Peggy 2008
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Much of what we think of as being "French theory" today is the result of the kind of literary criticism that was carried out in prestigious universities like Yale during the 1980s.
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The boys were promised the opportunity to play in prestigious clubs across Europe but ended up sported into child prostitution.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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Look right here on MexConnect for a three-bedroom, two and a half bath (plus servant's quarters) home for sale in prestigious Santa Maria, high on the hill overlooking Morelia.
Housing in Morelia 2008
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The boys were promised the opportunity to play in prestigious clubs across Europe but ended up sported into child prostitution.
Global Child Prostitution Crisis Surges: Demand Up, Ages Down 2008
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"U of T professor first Canadian woman to win prestigious international science prize", Official University of Toronto press release
2009 L'Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science Awards Peggy 2008
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Several of the short stories included have appeared in prestigious magazines such as Cemetery Dance Magazine, Dark Wisdom, and the anthologies Unnatural Selection, Horror Beyond II, and The Grand Struggle.
PR - Apex Publications signs horror legend Gene O'Neill apexdigest 2008
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