eminence
Collocations
5ADJ.
above, gentle, gray
VERB + EMINENCE
see, set, won
EMINENCE + NOUN
evidences, scientist
PREP.
from, upon
ADV.
already, such
Definitions
noun
Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.
The quality or state of being eminent.
Prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem.
An elevated land area or a hill.
From the summit of an eminence I had already had a distant view of Osbaldistone Hall, a large and antiquated edifice, peeping out from a Druidical grove of huge oaks [...].
We stopped for a moment at the golf course to chat with members of the Consular staff, and then drove on to the Consulate, which was set upon an eminence, above evidences of landscape-gardening; a sweep of lawns, with coarse, whitened grass; flower-beds in which larkspur and nasturtiums fought against desperate odds.
A protuberance.
name
An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana, United States.
A ghost town in Finney County, Kansas, United States.
A home rule city in Henry County, Kentucky, United States.
A city, the county seat of Shannon County, Missouri, United States.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a musc
- tuberosity
- tubercle
noun — high status importance owing to marked superiority
- distinction
- preeminence
- note
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6From the summit of an eminence I had already had a distant view of Osbaldistone Hall, a large and antiquated edifice, peeping out from a Druidical grove of huge oaks [...].
WiktionaryWe stopped for a moment at the golf course to chat with members of the Consular staff, and then drove on to the Consulate, which was set upon an eminence, above evidences of landscape-gardening; a swe
WiktionaryFor quotations using this term, see Citations:eminence.
WiktionaryHe won eminence as a scientist.
Tatoeba · #294474She figured as a gray eminence.
Tatoeba · #2283964He reined up his horse on the top of a gentle eminence, from which he observed the busy and gay scene beneath him.
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