Eminence Meaning
/ˈɛmɪnəns/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounSomeone of high rank, reputation or social status.
nounThe quality or state of being eminent.
Sentence Examples
He won eminence as a scientist.
She figured as a gray eminence.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The professor achieved great ____ in the field of physics.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The scientist achieved great ____ in the field of nuclear physics.
Word Origin & History
From Old French eminence, from Latin ēminentia (“prominence”, “protuberance”; “eminence”, “excellence”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"From the summit of an eminence I had already had a distant view of Osbaldistone Hall, a large and antiquated edifice, peeping out from a Druidical grove of huge oaks [...]."
— 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:
"We stopped for a moment at the golf course to chat with members of the Consular staff, and then drove on to the Consulate, which was set upon an eminence, above evidences of landscape-gardening; a sweep of lawns, with coarse, whitened grass; flower-beds in which larkspur and nasturtiums fought against desperate odds."
— 1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The professor achieved great ____ in the field of physics.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The scientist achieved great ____ in the field of nuclear physics.