prestige

CEFRB2

/pɹɛsˈtiːd͡ʒ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Respect and admiration gained through success or importance.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Delusion; illusion; trick.

Examples

  • Several universities in this country enjoy great prestige.

  • The problem affects the prestige of our school.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈpɹɛs.tɪd͡ʒ/
  • /pɹɛsˈtiːʒ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The act of starting over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.

  2. The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.

  3. A level, rank, or tier corresponding to prestige.

More examples

In context

  • Oxford has a university of very high prestige.

  • But in such an instance a false belief will appear with all the prestige of the latest scientific knowledge supporting it.

  • That faith which, we are told, was founded on a rock, impregnable to the assaults of men and demons; to the sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of imposture!

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Origin

noun

From French prestige (“illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige”), from Latin praestīgium (“a delusion, an illusion”). Despite the phonetic similarities and the old meaning of “delusion, illusion, trick”, the word has a different root than prestidigitator (“conjurer”) and prestidigitation.