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prestige.

The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɹɛsˈtiːd͡ʒ//pɹɛsˈtiːʒ//pɹəsˈtiːd͡ʒ//pɹəsˈtiːʒ/
  1. The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.

    uncountable · usually
    Oxford has a university of very high prestige.
  2. Delusion; illusion; trick.

    obsolete · uncountable · usually
  3. The act of starting over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.

    uncountable · usually
  4. A level, rank, or tier corresponding to prestige.

    countable · usually
Where this word comes from

From French prestige (“illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige”), from Latin praestīgium (“a delusion, an illusion”). Despite the phonetic similarities and the old meaning of “delusion, illusion, trick”, the word has a different root than prestidigitator (“conjurer”) and prestidigitation.

adj/pɹɛsˈtiːd͡ʒ//pɹɛsˈtiːʒ//pɹəsˈtiːd͡ʒ//pɹəsˈtiːʒ/
  1. Regarded as relatively prestigious; often, considered the standard language or language variety, or a part of such a variety.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From French prestige (“illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige”), from Latin praestīgium (“a delusion, an illusion”). Despite the phonetic similarities and the old meaning of “delusion, illusion, trick”, the word has a different root than prestidigitator (“conjurer”) and prestidigitation.

verb/pɹɛsˈtiːd͡ʒ//pɹɛsˈtiːʒ//pɹəsˈtiːd͡ʒ//pɹəsˈtiːʒ/
  1. To start over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.

    intransitive
  2. To start (something) over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From French prestige (“illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige”), from Latin praestīgium (“a delusion, an illusion”). Despite the phonetic similarities and the old meaning of “delusion, illusion, trick”, the word has a different root than prestidigitator (“conjurer”) and prestidigitation.

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