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eminent
/ˈɛmənənt/
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What does eminent mean?
adjective
- Noteworthy, remarkable, great.
- Distinguished, important, noteworthy.
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adjective
- (archaic) High, lofty.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɛmənənt/
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His fame, though still on its upward slope, already overshadowed the soberer reputations of his fellow-clergymen, eminent as several of them were.
If I had had breath enough, I should certainly have protested against this indecent way of speaking of an eminent philanthropic character.
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Not until this eminent physician applied to the subject a mind trained in making scientific distinctions was it given to the world.
Why, it may be asked, have all the most eminent living naturalists and geologists rejected this view of the mutability of species?