pre-eminence
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American soundpre eminence
preeminence
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pre - eminence -> pre eminence
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ထူးချွန်သော။ ပြိုင်ဘက်ကင်းသော။ a scientist pre-eminent in her field ❍ He enjoyed a pre-eminent position among the writers of his day.
❏ pre-eminence /-ǝns/ n [U] ~ (in sth) အထွတ်အထိပ်။ awards for those who achieve pre-eminence in public life.
❏ pre-eminently adv ထူးထူးကဲကဲ။ အလွန့်အလွန်။ an activity in which she has been pre-eminently successful.
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most excellent, top, finest, greatest, unsurpassed, paramount, superlative, 10, A-1, A-number-1, able, absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, abstract, acclaimed, accomplished, ace, adept, adored, adroit, advanced, aerial, airy, all-knowing, all-out, all-powerful, all-seeing, almighty, apical, applauded, arbitrary, arch, aristocratic, arresting, arrestive, ascendant, assertive, at the cutting edge, at the leading edge, attenuate, attenuated, august, autarchic, autarchical, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, autocratical, autonomous, bad, basal, basic, beautiful, beneficent, benevolent, benign, best, better, beyond compare, beyond grasp, big, big-gun, big-league, big-name, big-shot, big-time, blue-chip, bodacious, boss, bossy, boundless, bounteous, bright, brilliant, capable, capital, cardinal, celeb, celebrated, celebrious, central, champion, charitable, chief, choicest, clever, closing, cogent, colossal, commanding, compelling, competent, complete, consequential, conspicuous, constitutive, consummate, controlling, convincing, cool, cooler, courtly, crack, crackerjack, critical, crown, crowning, crucial, culminating, cultivated, curious, current, dangerous, dazzling, deficient, deft, delightful, demonstrative, despotic, dexterous, dictatorial, dignified, distinctive, distinguished, distingué, dominant, dominating, domineering, dynamic, effective, effectual, efficacious, effulgent, elevated, elite, eminent, eminently, energetic, enjoyable, entire, especial, essential, esteemed, eternal, eventful, evident, exalted, exceeding, excellent, exceptional, excessive, exclusive, executive, exhaustive, expert, express, exquisite, extraordinary, extravagant
Antonyms
OK, accountable, additional, amateur, amateurish, atrocious, auxiliary, average, awful, awkward, bad, beginning, below, bottom, circumscribed, clumsy, common, commonplace, complaisant, compliant, conditional, contemptible, dark, democratic, dependent, depressed, disgraceful, dishonorable, disrespected, dull, dwarfed, extra, familiar, fewest, final, first, flawed, general, gloomy, hidden, homely, horrible, humble, idle, ignoble, ignorant, imperfect, impotent, inactive, inappreciable, incapable, incomplete, inconsequential, inconspicuous, incorrect, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, inessential, inexalted, inexpert, infamous, inferior, inglorious, inhumane, insignificant, introductory, invisible, last, least, less, lesser, lethargic, like, limited, little, littlest, low, low-class, lower
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