Preeminent Meaning
/pɹiːˈɛmɪnənt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjExceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important.
Sentence Examples
Monge stood preeminent above his contemporaries.
That impish man is a preeminent economist.
Our progenitor was a preeminent rabbi in Lodz.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She is a ____ expert in her challenging field, respected worldwide by peers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She was the ____ expert in her field, regularly consulted by governments and international bodies.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Middle French preeminent and its source, Latin praeēminēns, present participle of praeēmineō (“to stand out, excel”), from prae- (“pre-”) + ēmineō.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"China is still preeminent for its Goldfish, of which Pennant informs us that the most beautiful kinds, both for elegance of shape and richness of tinting, are taken in a small lake in the Province of Che-kyang."
— 1863, H. Cholmondeley-Pennell, “The Carp Family”, in The Angler-Naturalist: A Popular History of British Fresh-water Fish, with a Plain Explanation of the Rudiments of Ichthyology, London: George Routledge and Sons, →OCLC, page 116:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She is a ____ expert in her challenging field, respected worldwide by peers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She was the ____ expert in her field, regularly consulted by governments and international bodies.