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


  Preeminent \Pre*["e]m"i*nent\, a. [L. praeminens, -entis, p. pr.
     praeminere to be prominent, to surpass: cf. F.
     pr['e]['e]minent. See Pre-, and Eminent.]
     Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent;
     superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of,
     others; rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad
     qualities; as, pre["e]minent in guilt.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           In goodness and in power pre["e]minent.  --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

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


  Preeminent \Pre*["e]m"i*nent\, a. [L. praeminens, -entis, p. pr.
     praeminere to be prominent, to surpass: cf. F.
     pr['e]['e]minent. See Pre-, and Eminent.]
     Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent;
     superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of,
     others; rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad
     qualities; as, pre["e]minent in guilt.
  
           In goodness and in power pre["e]minent.  --Milton.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  preeminent
       adj : greatest in importance or degree or significance or
             achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's
             leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist" [syn: greatest,
              leading(a)]

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


  pre-eminent
     a.
     (alternative spelling of en preeminent)

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


  preeminent
     Catalan a.
     (l en preeminent)
     Romanian a.
     (l en preeminent)

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


  pre-eminent
     a.
     (alternative spelling of en preeminent)

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


  preeminent
     a.
     Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence,
  extremely notable or important. (from 15th c.)

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


  pre-eminent
     a.
     (alternative spelling of en preeminent)

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


  preeminent
     Catalan a.
     (l en preeminent)
     Romanian a.
     (l en preeminent)

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


  pre-eminent
     a.
     (alternative spelling of en preeminent)

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


  preeminent
     Catalan a.
     (l en preeminent)

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


  preeminent
     Englanti a.
     ylivoimainen, verraton, vertaansa vailla, johtava, erinomainen

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


  pre-eminent
     Engelska a.
     framstående, överlägsen

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


  Preeminent /pɹiːˈɛmɪnənt/
  بارز

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


  preeminent //pɹiːˈɛmɪnənt// 
  отличен, превъзходен
  exceeding others in quality or rank