preëminence

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The status of being preeminent, dominant or ascendant.
2. isim High importance; superiority.

   “In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.”

3. isim Rare spelling of preeminence.

   “When the minister and his wife entered their new home, a great assembly of both parties gathered, and all the ladies struggled for preëminence in the delicious cates and viands they brought.”