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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Eminent \Em"i*nent\, a. [L. eminens, -entis, p. pr. of eminere
     to stand out, be prominent; e out + minere (in comp.) to
     project; of uncertain origin: cf. F. ['e]minent. Cf.
     Menace.]
     1. High; lofty; towering; prominent. ``A very eminent
        promontory.'' --Evelyn
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth,
        high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation;
        distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an
        eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Right of eminent domain. (Law) See under Domain.
  
     Syn: Lofty; elevated; exalted; conspicuous; prominent;
          remarkable; distinguished; illustrious; famous;
          celebrated; renowned; well-known. See Distinguished.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Eminent \Em"i*nent\, a. [L. eminens, -entis, p. pr. of eminere
     to stand out, be prominent; e out + minere (in comp.) to
     project; of uncertain origin: cf. F. ['e]minent. Cf.
     Menace.]
     1. High; lofty; towering; prominent. ``A very eminent
        promontory.'' --Evelyn
  
     2. Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth,
        high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation;
        distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an
        eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  eminent
       adj 1: (used of persons) standing above others in character or
              attainment or reputation; "our distinguished
              professor"; "an eminent scholar"; "a great statesman"
              [syn: distinguished, great]
       2: standing above others in quality or position; "people in
          high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the
          community" [syn: high]
       3: having achieved eminence; "an eminent physician"
       4: of imposing height; especially standing out above others;
          "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires
          of the cathedral"; "towering iceburgs" [syn: lofty, soaring,
           towering]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  eminent
     Αγγλικά a.
     διαπρεπής, ξεχωριστός, σπουδαίος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  eminent
     Catalan a.
     (l en eminent)
     German a.
     #English
     Norwegian Bokmål a.
     (l en eminent)
     Romanian a.
     notable

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  eminent
     a.
     1 noteworthy, remarkable, great.
     2 (lb en of a person) distinguished, important, noteworthy.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  eminent
     Catalan a.
     (l en eminent)
     German a.
     #English
     Norwegian Bokmål a.
     (l en eminent)
     Romanian a.
     notable

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  eminent
     Catalan a.
     (l en eminent)
     German a.
     #English
     Norwegian Bokmål a.
     (l en eminent)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  eminent
     Englanti a.
     1 ylhäinen, korkea, korkea-arvoinen
     2 huomattava, etevä
     3 erinomainen, verraton

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  eminent
     Bokmål a.
     eminent#Svenska
     Danska a.
     eminent#Svenska
     Katalanska a.
     eminent#Svenska
     Nynorska a.
     eminent#Svenska
     Tyska a.
     eminent#Svenska
     Tyska adv.
     väldigt, extremt, mycket

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  eminent
     a.
     1 utmärkt, mycket bra
     2 (tagg: text=om person) mycket begåvad, framstående
     adv.
     (avledning sv eminent adj); på ett #Adjektiv sätt

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  eminent /ˌeːmiːnˈɛnt/ 
  eminent 
        "von eminenter Bedeutung"  - of the utmost significance
     Synonyms: außerordentlich, hervorragend
  

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  eminent /ˌeːmiːnˈɛnt/ 
  eminently 
   see: eminent wichtig
  

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-fra ]

  eminent /emiˈnɛnt/ 
  éminent
  herausragend, hervorragend, außerordentlich

From Deutsch-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-rus ]

  eminent /emiˈnɛnt/ 
  выдающийся
  herausragend, hervorragend, außerordentlich

From Deutsch-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-spa ]

  eminent /emiˈnɛnt/ 
  eminente
  herausragend, hervorragend, außerordentlich

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-swe ]

  eminent /emiˈnɛnt/ 
  eminent
  herausragend, hervorragend, außerordentlich

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Eminent /ˈɛmɪnənt/
  سامي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  eminent //ˈɛmɪnənt// 
  1. виден, изтъкнат
  of a person: distinguished, noteworthy
  2. знаменит
  remarkable, great

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  eminent /ˈɛmɪnənt/ 
  vynikající

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  eminent /ˈɛmɪnənt/ 
  významný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  eminent /ˈɛmɪnənt/
  eminentní

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  eminent /ˈɛmɪnənt/ 
  goruchel 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  eminent /ˈɛmɪnənt/
  eminent, außerordentlich, hervorragend 
   see: of the utmost significance
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  eminent /ˈɛmɪnənt/
  hochgestellt, hochstehend  [soc.]
        "an eminent person"  - eine hochgestellte Persönlichkeit
     Synonym: leading
  

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  eminent /ˈɛmɪnənt/ 
  1. उत्कृष्ट
        "He is an eminent architect."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  eminent /ˈɛmɪnənt/
  eminentan, istaknut, slavan, znamenit

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  eminent /ˈɛmɪnənt/
  1. magas
  2. eminens
  3. kimagasló
  4. kiemelkedô
  5. kiváló

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  eminent //ˈɛmɪnənt// 
  1. 名, 著名
  of a person: distinguished, noteworthy
  2. 傑出
  remarkable, great

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  eminent /ˈemɪnənt/ 
    wybitny

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  eminent /ˈɛmɪnənt/ 
  eminente

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  eminent /ˈɛmɪnənt/
  1. yüksek rutbe sahibi, seçkin, üstün, ünlü, mümtaz, güzide. eminent domain (huk.) kamulaştırma yetkisi, istimlâk hakkı. eminently  ziyadesiyle, gayet, pek.

From Nederlands-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-lat ]

  eminent /ˌeːminˈɛnt/ 
  amplus
  1. beter dan anderen

From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-deu ]

  eminent /eːmˈiːnənt/ 
  herausragend, eminent, bedeutsam

From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-deu ]

  eminent /eːmˈiːnənt/ 
  besonders, eminent
  avledning till adjektivet eminent

From Svenska-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-ell ]

  eminent /eːmˈiːnənt/ 
  διαπρεπής

From Svenska-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-fra ]

  eminent /eːmˈiːnənt/ 
  éminent

From Svenska-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-fra ]

  eminent /eːmˈiːnənt/ 
  éminemment
  avledning till adjektivet eminent

From Svenska-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-ita ]

  eminent /eːmˈiːnənt/ 
  eminente, esimio

From Svenska-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-ita ]

  eminent /eːmˈiːnənt/ 
  eminentemente
  avledning till adjektivet eminent

From Svenska-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-lat ]

  eminent /eːmˈiːnənt/ 
  eminens

From Svenska-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-lat ]

  eminent /eːmˈiːnənt/ 
  eminens
  avledning till adjektivet eminent

From Svenska-Nederlands FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-nld ]

  eminent /eːmˈiːnənt/ 
  eminent

From Svenska-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-nor ]

  eminent /eːmˈiːnənt/ 
  eminent

From Svenska-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-pol ]

  eminent /eːmˈiːnənt/ 
  znakomity, wybitny

From Svenska-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-por ]

  eminent /eːmˈiːnənt/ 
  eminente

From Svenska-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-por ]

  eminent /eːmˈiːnənt/ 
  eminentemente
  avledning till adjektivet eminent

From Svenska-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-spa ]

  eminent /eːmˈiːnənt/ 
  eminente

From Svenska-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-spa ]

  eminent /eːmˈiːnənt/ 
  eminentemente
  avledning till adjektivet eminent

From Svenska-Türkçe FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-tur ]

  eminent /eːmˈiːnənt/ 
  harika

From Svenska-Türkçe FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-tur ]

  eminent /eːmˈiːnənt/ 
  harika
  avledning till adjektivet eminent

From IPA:de :   [ IPA:de ]

  

/əmɪnɛnt/

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɛmənənt/

From IPA:nb :   [ IPA:nb ]

  

/ɛmɪˈnɛnt/

From IPA:sv :   [ IPA:sv ]

  

/ɛmɪn'ɛnːt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  182 Moby Thesaurus words for "eminent":
     Olympian, a cut above, above, absolute, aerial, aggrandized, ahead,
     airy, altitudinous, apotheosized, ascendant, ascending, aspiring,
     august, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic,
     awesome, beatified, better, big, bold, canonized, capping,
     celebrated, chosen, clothed with authority, colossal, commanding,
     competent, consequential, considerable, conspicuous, controlling,
     deified, dignified, distinguished, dominant, dominating,
     duly constituted, eclipsing, elevated, emissile, empowered,
     ennobled, enshrined, enthroned, esteemed, estimable, ethereal,
     ex officio, exalted, exceeding, excellent, excelling, exceptional,
     excrescent, excrescential, extraordinary, extruding, famous, finer,
     glorified, glorious, godlike, governing, grand, great, greater,
     haughty, hegemonic, hegemonistic, held in awe, heroic, high,
     high and mighty, high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set, high-up,
     higher, honored, illustrious, immortal, immortalized, imperative,
     important, in ascendancy, in the ascendant, influential, jutting,
     lauded, leading, lofty, magnanimous, magnificent, magnified,
     majestic, major, marked, memorable, mighty, momentous, monocratic,
     monumental, mounting, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, of choice,
     of mark, official, one up on, outstanding, outtopping, over,
     overlooking, overtopping, potent, powerful, preeminent,
     prestigious, prognathous, projecting, prominent, protrudent,
     protruding, protrusile, protrusive, protuberant, protuberating,
     puissant, ranking, rare, remarkable, rememberable, renowned,
     reputable, respected, revered, rivaling, ruling, sainted, salient,
     sanctified, senior, shrined, signal, soaring, special, spiring,
     steep, striking, sublime, substantial, super, superb, supereminent,
     superior, superlative, supernal, supreme, surpassing, telling,
     throned, topless, toplofty, topping, totalitarian, towering,
     towery, transcendent, transcendental, transcending, unforgettable,
     uplifted, upper, upreared, weighty, well-known
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 显赫的,杰出的,有名的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 显赫的,杰出的,有名的

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