Preeminent — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹiːˈɛmɪnənt/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹiːˈɛmɪnənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹiːˈɛmɪnənt/

3 syllables Say it as /pɹiːˈɛmɪnənt/.

Examples

our greatest statesmen
the country's leading poet
a preeminent archeologist

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

leading

Parts of Speech

adjective

greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement

“our greatest statesmen”

Word Forms

preeminence

noun

high status importance owing to marked superiority

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

herausragend

größter Bedeutung oder Grad oder Bedeutung oder Leistung

🇫🇷French

prééminent

le plus important en termes d'importance, de degré, de signification ou de réalisation

🇪🇸Spanish

preeminente

mayor en importancia o grado o significado o logro

🇮🇹Italian

preminente

maggiore in importanza, grado, significato o risultato

🇳🇱Dutch

bij uitstek

grootste in belang of graad of betekenis of prestatie

🇵🇹Portuguese

proeminente

maior em importância ou grau ou significado ou realização

🇷🇺Russian

выдающийся

наибольший по важности, степени, значению или достижению

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रमुख

महत्व या डिग्री या महत्व या उपलब्धि में सबसे बड़ा

🇮🇳Tamil

முதன்மையான

முக்கியத்துவம் அல்லது பட்டம் அல்லது முக்கியத்துவம் அல்லது சாதனை ஆகியவற்றில் மிகப்பெரியது

🇮🇳Telugu

మహోన్నతమైనది

ప్రాముఖ్యత లేదా డిగ్రీ లేదా ప్రాముఖ్యత లేదా సాధనలో గొప్పది

🇮🇳Marathi

अग्रगण्य

महत्त्व किंवा पदवी किंवा महत्त्व किंवा उपलब्धी यांमध्ये श्रेष्ठ

🇮🇳Gujarati

અગ્રણી

મહત્વ અથવા ડિગ્રી અથવા મહત્વ અથવા સિદ્ધિમાં મહાન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠವಾದ

ಪ್ರಾಮುಖ್ಯತೆ ಅಥವಾ ಪದವಿ ಅಥವಾ ಮಹತ್ವ ಅಥವಾ ಸಾಧನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രമുഖമായ

പ്രാധാന്യത്തിലോ ബിരുദത്തിലോ പ്രാധാന്യത്തിലോ നേട്ടത്തിലോ ഏറ്റവും വലുത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪ੍ਰਮੁੱਖ

ਮਹੱਤਵ ਜਾਂ ਡਿਗਰੀ ਜਾਂ ਮਹੱਤਤਾ ਜਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

ممتاز

اہمیت یا ڈگری یا اہمیت یا کامیابی میں سب سے بڑا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

卓越的

重要性、程度、重要性或成就最大

🇯🇵Japanese

抜群の

重要性、程度、意義、成果において最大

🇰🇷Korean

탁월한

중요성이나 정도, 의미나 성취에서 가장 큰 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ưu việt

lớn nhất về tầm quan trọng hoặc mức độ hoặc ý nghĩa hoặc thành tích

🇹🇭Thai

โดดเด่น

ยิ่งใหญ่ที่สุดในความสำคัญหรือระดับหรือความสำคัญหรือความสำเร็จ

🇮🇩Indonesian

unggul

terbesar dalam kepentingan atau derajat atau signifikansi atau pencapaian

🇵🇭Filipino

nangunguna

pinakadakila sa kahalagahan o antas o kahalagahan o tagumpay

🇲🇾Malay

terunggul

terbesar dalam kepentingan atau darjah atau kepentingan atau pencapaian

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بارز

أعظم في الأهمية أو الدرجة أو الأهمية أو الإنجاز

🇮🇷Persian

برجسته

از نظر اهمیت یا درجه یا اهمیت یا دستاورد

🇹🇷Turkish

seçkin

önem veya derece veya önem veya başarı bakımından en büyük

🇮🇱Hebrew

דָגוּל

הגדולים ביותר בחשיבות או בדרגה או במשמעות או בהישג

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