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“prestige”
1. The level of respect at which one is highly regarded by others: Mr. Smith's career as a diplomat brought him a great deal of prestige.
2. A person's high standing among others; honor or esteem: Almost all of the teachers in school had great respect and a high opinion of the principal who gained a lot of prestige over the years.
3. Widely recognized prominence, distinction, or importance: Both Standford University and Princeton University in the United States have an acclaimed standing of achievement and high prestige.
4. Etymology: from Latin praestigiae, "deceptions, illusions, jugglers' tricks; dissimilated from praestrigiae from praestringere, "to bind fast, to tie up; to dull the eyesight, to dazzle"; from prae "before" and stringere, "to draw tight, to bind".
2. A person's high standing among others; honor or esteem: Almost all of the teachers in school had great respect and a high opinion of the principal who gained a lot of prestige over the years.
3. Widely recognized prominence, distinction, or importance: Both Standford University and Princeton University in the United States have an acclaimed standing of achievement and high prestige.
4. Etymology: from Latin praestigiae, "deceptions, illusions, jugglers' tricks; dissimilated from praestrigiae from praestringere, "to bind fast, to tie up; to dull the eyesight, to dazzle"; from prae "before" and stringere, "to draw tight, to bind".
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pre-, prae-
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string-, strict-, strain-, -stringence, -stringency, -stringe, -stringent
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