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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The level of respect at which one is regarded by others; standing.
  2. n. A person's high standing among others; honor or esteem.
  3. n. Widely recognized prominence, distinction, or importance: a position of prestige in diplomatic circles.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Illusion; juggling trick; fascination; charm; imposture.
  2. n. An illusion as to one's personal merit or importance, particularly a flattering illusion; hence, a reputation for excellence, importance, or authority; weight or influence arising from reputation.

Wiktionary

  1. n. obsolete Delusion; illusion; trick.
  2. n. The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. obsolete Delusion; illusion; trick.
  2. n. Weight or influence derived from past success; expectation of future achievements founded on those already accomplished; force or charm derived from acknowledged character or reputation.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.

Etymologies

  1. From French prestige ("illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige") (Wiktionary)
  2. French, illusion, from Latin praestīgiae, tricks, probably alteration of *praestrīgiae, from praestringere, to touch, blunt, blind : prae-, pre- + stringere, to draw tight; see streig- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (5)

Words with the same meaning

  1. delusion
  1. illusion
  1. trick
  1. influence
  1. reputation

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. standing

same context (22)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. renown
  2. prosperity
  3. greatness
  4. popularity
  1. dignity
  2. respectability
  3. achievement
  4. honors
  1. usefulness
  2. self-respect
  3. advancement
  4. esteem
  1. grandeur
  2. fame
  3. independence
  4. patronage
  1. superiority
  2. credibility
  3. prowess
  4. prerogative
  1. well-being
  2. privilege

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. go
  2. basilect
  3. face-saving
  4. fall
  5. déclassé
  6. acrolect
  1. prestigious
  2. preferment
  3. Abu Qir
  4. status symbol
  5. substandard
  6. Weifangkuiwen
  1. victorian age
  2. abase
  3. attach
  4. diminish
  5. face
  6. influence
  1. prestige
  2. status
  3. face saver
  4. Frederick the Great
  5. George
  6. George IV
  1. Ivy League
  2. mortification
  3. nonstandard
  4. aggrandisement
  5. aggrandizement
  6. elevation
  1. Frederick II
  2. humiliation
  3. Spartan

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  • reesetee Uh...waiting to drag myself away from Wordie so I have enough time to see a movie? ;-) Oct 15, 2007

  • uselessness One of my favorite movies of all time, just watched it again last night with some friends. It's really a masterpiece, one of those movies that will still have you thinking about it and asking questions days later. Reesetee, what are you waiting for? :-) Oct 15, 2007

  • reesetee Don't tell, don't tell! Haven't seen it yet. :-) Oct 15, 2007

  • kewpid The film itself was a magic trick, with a final scene that fools most viewers. Oct 14, 2007

  • trivet Whaddaya know‽ Something new every day... Oct 14, 2007

  • uselessness Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called the pledge. The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isn't. The second act is called the turn. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something disappear isn't enough; you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call the prestige. Oct 14, 2007

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