Eminent
adjective
Very famous or respected in a particular field.
She is a world eminent scientist in biotechnology.
Often appears as...
- eminent scientist
- eminent scholar
adjective
Prominent, high or standing out.
The church tower was the most eminent structure in the town.
Often appears as...
- eminent feature
- eminent point
adjective
High in station, rank, or repute.
His eminent position in society was due to years of hard work.
Often appears as...
- eminent person
- eminent position
adjective
Very famous or respected in a particular field.
She is a world eminent scientist in biotechnology.
Often appears as...
- eminent scientist
- eminent scholar
adjective
Prominent, high or standing out.
The church tower was the most eminent structure in the town.
Often appears as...
- eminent feature
- eminent point
adjective
High in station, rank, or repute.
His eminent position in society was due to years of hard work.
Often appears as...
- eminent person
- eminent position
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Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Positive
Despite its respect-implying nature, 'eminent' doesn't always mean someone is liked or morally good.
The eminent dictator was known for his oppressive regime.
Pro Tip 2/3Field-Specific
'Eminent' often refers to fame within a specific area of expertise or profession.
She became an eminent novelist after her third best-selling book.
Pro Tip 3/3Contemporary Recognition
It frequently implies contemporary recognition rather than historical.
He was an eminent figure in modern physics.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Positive
Despite its respect-implying nature, 'eminent' doesn't always mean someone is liked or morally good.
The eminent dictator was known for his oppressive regime.
Pro Tip 2/3Field-Specific
'Eminent' often refers to fame within a specific area of expertise or profession.
She became an eminent novelist after her third best-selling book.
Pro Tip 3/3Contemporary Recognition
It frequently implies contemporary recognition rather than historical.
He was an eminent figure in modern physics.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Positive
Despite its respect-implying nature, 'eminent' doesn't always mean someone is liked or morally good.
The eminent dictator was known for his oppressive regime.
Pro Tip 2/3Field-Specific
'Eminent' often refers to fame within a specific area of expertise or profession.
She became an eminent novelist after her third best-selling book.
Pro Tip 3/3Contemporary Recognition
It frequently implies contemporary recognition rather than historical.
He was an eminent figure in modern physics.
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Benjamin Wallace: The...
an unbelievable number of really eminent and accomplished figures in the wine world were sort of drawn into the orbit of these bottles. I think they wanted to believe that the most expensive bottle of wine in the world must be the best bottle of wine in the world, must be the rarest bottle of wine in the world.
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Eddie Obeng: Smart...
when she asked the question, "Why did no one tell us that the crisis was coming?" I'll never get my knighthood. I'll never get my knighthood. That's not the important point. The thing you have to remember is, these are eminent economists, some of the smartest people on the planet. Do you see the challenge?
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A tale of mental illness...
restraints I consulted an eminent law professor who was also a psychiatrist and said surely he would agree that restraints must be degrading painful and frightening he looked at me in a knowing way and said Ellen you don't really understand these people are psychotic they're different from me and you they
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A tale of mental illness...
I consulted an eminent law professor who was also a psychiatrist, and said surely he would agree that restraints must be degrading, painful and frightening. He looked at me in a knowing way, and said, "Elyn, you don't really These people are psychotic. They're different from me and you.
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Ben Saunders: To the...
and we got there on foot, unassisted, unsupported, by the hardest route, 900 miles in record time, dragging more weight than anyone in history. And if we'd stopped there and flown home, which would have been the eminently sensible thing to do, then my talk would end here
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Leopard Seals Play With...
why on earth do the leopard seals do this why don't they just eat the chick straight away now we've talked to a really eminent um leopard seal cyan test and there's a few theories of why the leopard seals might do this so one is they might be trying
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Elaine Morgan says we...
And all over the world, eminent evolutionists are anxious to celebrate this. And what they're planning to do is to enlighten us on almost every aspect of Darwin and his life, and how he changed our thinking.
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Eric Liu: Why ordinary...
rather than the eminently alterable result of a prior arrangement, an inherited allocation, of power. As a result of all of this creeping fatalism in public life, we here, particularly in America today,
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Mind-blowing illusions PIPE...
the eminent cambridge university professor stephen hawkins wrote an accord according the strong version of the anthropic principle there are many different universes or many different
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Wild Horses Kick Butt PIPE...
eminently edible greenery and if you're a mature male with your own harem life is full of rainbows now most of the time
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Benjamin Wallace: The...
an unbelievable number of really eminent and accomplished figures in the wine world were sort of drawn into the orbit of these bottles. I think they wanted to believe that the most expensive bottle of wine in the world must be the best bottle of wine in the world, must be the rarest bottle of wine in the world.
Video examples
Eddie Obeng: Smart...
when she asked the question, "Why did no one tell us that the crisis was coming?" I'll never get my knighthood. I'll never get my knighthood. That's not the important point. The thing you have to remember is, these are eminent economists, some of the smartest people on the planet. Do you see the challenge?
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
restraints I consulted an eminent law professor who was also a psychiatrist and said surely he would agree that restraints must be degrading painful and frightening he looked at me in a knowing way and said Ellen you don't really understand these people are psychotic they're different from me and you they
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
I consulted an eminent law professor who was also a psychiatrist, and said surely he would agree that restraints must be degrading, painful and frightening. He looked at me in a knowing way, and said, "Elyn, you don't really These people are psychotic. They're different from me and you.
Video examples
Ben Saunders: To the...
and we got there on foot, unassisted, unsupported, by the hardest route, 900 miles in record time, dragging more weight than anyone in history. And if we'd stopped there and flown home, which would have been the eminently sensible thing to do, then my talk would end here
Video examples
Leopard Seals Play With...
why on earth do the leopard seals do this why don't they just eat the chick straight away now we've talked to a really eminent um leopard seal cyan test and there's a few theories of why the leopard seals might do this so one is they might be trying
Video examples
Elaine Morgan says we...
And all over the world, eminent evolutionists are anxious to celebrate this. And what they're planning to do is to enlighten us on almost every aspect of Darwin and his life, and how he changed our thinking.
Video examples
Eric Liu: Why ordinary...
rather than the eminently alterable result of a prior arrangement, an inherited allocation, of power. As a result of all of this creeping fatalism in public life, we here, particularly in America today,
Video examples
Mind-blowing illusions PIPE...
the eminent cambridge university professor stephen hawkins wrote an accord according the strong version of the anthropic principle there are many different universes or many different
Video examples
Wild Horses Kick Butt PIPE...
eminently edible greenery and if you're a mature male with your own harem life is full of rainbows now most of the time
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John Dalberg-Acton
English Historian
The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future.
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Ayelet Zurer
Israeli Actress
I never see myself as the famous person. It never was a part of my life, and I hope this doesn't become the most eminent thing about what I do. I just hope that I'll do things that have meaning for me and for others somehow.
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Chamath Palihapitiya
American Businessman
Companies are transcending power now. We are becoming the eminent vehicles for change and influence, and capital structures that matter. If companies shut down, the stock market would collapse.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish Scientist
Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that I should no longer through fear refuse to give out my work for the common benefit of students of Mathematics.
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
Tolkien is eminently filmable, I think. 'The Lord of the Rings' is intensely... landscaped. But 'Discworld' is about dialogue, which is one reason why it might be hard to film.
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Edmund Burke
Irish Statesman
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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Wilbur Smith
Novelist
My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench.
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William Godwin
English Writer
It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.
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John Dalberg-Acton
English Historian
The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future.
Quote examples
Ayelet Zurer
Israeli Actress
I never see myself as the famous person. It never was a part of my life, and I hope this doesn't become the most eminent thing about what I do. I just hope that I'll do things that have meaning for me and for others somehow.
Quote examples
Chamath Palihapitiya
American Businessman
Companies are transcending power now. We are becoming the eminent vehicles for change and influence, and capital structures that matter. If companies shut down, the stock market would collapse.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish Scientist
Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that I should no longer through fear refuse to give out my work for the common benefit of students of Mathematics.
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
Tolkien is eminently filmable, I think. 'The Lord of the Rings' is intensely... landscaped. But 'Discworld' is about dialogue, which is one reason why it might be hard to film.
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Edmund Burke
Irish Statesman
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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Wilbur Smith
Novelist
My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench.
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William Godwin
English Writer
It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.
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