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UK
/pɹiːˈɛmɪnənt/
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[ US /pɹiˈɛmənənt/ ]
[ US /pɹiˈɛmənənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
our greatest statesmen
the country's leading poet
a preeminent archeologist
How To Use preeminent In A Sentence
- Washington was recognized as the preeminent spokesman of American Negroes by 1895.
- Asuragen is the preeminent partner for contract development and GMP manufacturing of RNA - and DNA-based standards and controls including plasmid DNA, Armored RNA®, and capped and uncapped IVT RNA. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
- According to Harold McGee, America’s preeminent food scientist, the absorptiveness of eggplant can be reduced by collapsing its spongy structure before frying. Recipe for Eggplant Clafoutis (Κλαφουτί με Μελιτζάνες)
- The pool of serious Constable collectors is small: Lord Thomson of the Fleet is the preeminent name in the field.
- Does Brian Stelter ponder why a comedian is the preeminent fact-checker of FOX News? Think Progress » Beck To Headline Texas Event With Rick Perry, The Man He Once Said He Wanted To ‘French Kiss’
- A preeminent expert on thermophiles, Karl Stetter, a man responsible for naming a good fraction of the archaea, used some of the language of the DNA world, but clearly wanted to point to its limitations.
- With its preeminent worldwide Web-hosting position, Verio is strategically poised to capitalize on the global electronic commerce explosion.
- Since then, Mambo has been remounted in Montreal and in January had a major Toronto premiere, brought to the city by Canada's preeminent theatrical gurus, the Mirvishes.
- Yes, Rodriguez was the preeminent catcher of his era or at the very least, in a dead heat with Mike Piazza, and if he succeeds in reaching 3,000 career hits -- well, let's just say his body of work would be that of a first-ballot electee. Can we still call Pudge a "future Hall-of-Famer"?
- To him, the spirit lodged within Billy, and looking out from his welkin eyes as from windows, that ineffability it was which made the dimple in his dyed cheek, suppled his joints, and dancing in his yellow curls made him preeminently the Handsome Sailor. Billy Budd