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Prestigious 1100 Words You Need Week 12 Day 2

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Prestigious 1100 Words You Need

Prestigious 1100 Words You Need

/presˈtɪdʒ.əs/ (adj)

greatly respected and admired, usually because of being important, admirable, significant, paramount, impressive, high-status, prominent, esteemed, celebrated, exalted, influential, notable, respectable:

Among film festivals, Cannes is the giant. The Palme d’Or is its most prestigious prize, and it’s the most widely coveted on the festival circuit too. The award was created in 1955 and is given to the film’s director. Among the dozens of notable films that have received the award are Taxi Driver, Apocalypse Now, Pulp Fiction and The Pianist.

a prestigious literary award

a prestigious university

Antonym: insignificant

Noun: prestige

French: prestigieuse

Farsi: معتبر


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