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eminent

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"Highly respected"

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛmɪnənt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eeimnntStarts with EEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. of imposing height; especially standing out above others

Word origin

From Middle French éminent, from Latin present participle ēminēns, ēminentis, from verb ēmineō (“to project, protrude”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + mineō, related to mons (English mount). Compare with imminent. Unrelated to emanate, which is instead from mānō (“to flow”). Displaced native Old English deal.

Used in a sentence

  • His eminent good sense has been a godsend to this project.
  • In later years, the professor became known as an eminent historian.
  • Why did the eminent Italian writer Primo Levi die in the shocking way he did?

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