prestige1 nounprestige2 adjective
prestigepres‧tige1 /preˈstiːʒ/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 
WORD ORIGINprestige
Origin:
1600-1700 French ‘deceiving or magic tricks, prestige’, from Latin praestigiae ‘magic tricks’, from praestringere ‘to tie up, cover the eyes of’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Becoming a film star confers status, power, prestige and wealth.
- Hosting the Olympic Games would add to our country's international prestige.
- Many are worried the current scandal could damage the mayor's prestige.
- The teaching profession has lost the prestige it had in former times.
- Are these professors really more substantially more knowledgeable, there, is there substantially more prestige attached to this?
- But secondly, it is once more a means by which prestige and honour can be maintained.
- In the second place, hypercorrection often involves imitating what is thought to be prestige language.
- One after the other the towers of prestige and glamour were falling to him.
- Over a million square feet of prestige industrial and commercial premises under construction or being planned.
- The objects of competition varied: the traditional ones were territory, wealth, prestige and the power which these gave.
- The Olympic prestige attached to his sport made it impossible for him to walk away.
THESAURUS
noun [countable] the opinion that people have about a person, organization etc because of what has happened in the past: · She was a good lawyer with a reputation for honesty and diligence.· The school had an excellent reputation.· The lawsuit has damaged the company’s reputation.
noun [countable] the idea that people have about what something is like, especially when this is created through newspaper stories, advertising etc: · A PR campaign was launched in an effort to improve the company’s image.· Boxing has rather a negative image.· The princess tried to project an image of herself as serious and hard-working (=she tried to give people the idea that she was serious and hard-working).
noun [singular] the reputation that a person, organization etc has – used especially in the following phrases: · The company is anxious to protect its good name.· Cyclists who ignore traffic rules give other cyclists a bad name.· Electrolux has a name for making top quality vacuum cleaners.· He went to court in order to try to clear his name (=prove that he is innocent).
noun [uncountable] someone’s reputation and position compared to other people in a group or society, based on other people’s opinion of them: · The class system in Great Britain encourages people to be very aware of their social standing.· He needs to improve his standing among female voters.· Jacques Tati was a man of international standing in the world of screen comedy.
noun [uncountable] the good reputation that a company, organization, group etc has, which makes people respect and admire them: · the prestige of a carmaker such as Rolls-Royce· Does Stanford University carry the same prestige as Harvard or Yale?· Hosting the Olympic Games would enhance our country’s international prestige.· The teaching profession has lost the prestige it had in the past.
noun [uncountable] formal the importance and respect that a person or organization has, because of their achievements or their influence: · As he got older, Picasso’s stature as an artist increased.· Their work is equal in stature.· an actor of international stature· The party’s stature has increased in recent years.
Longman Language Activatorthe opinion that people have about a person, organization etc the general opinion that people have about a person, organization etc based on what they have heard, read, seen, or experienced: reputation as: · Despite her reputation as a trouble-maker, she was promoted to department manager.reputation for: · a brilliant director with a reputation for thoroughnessexcellent/good/bad etc reputation: · I am surprised that a company with your good reputation would produce such poor quality goods.· She found his terrible reputation one of his greatest attractions.have a good/bad etc reputation: · The school had an excellent academic reputation.· The area has a really bad reputation but it isn't as bad as people think.win/earn/gain a reputation as something: · The town's Dolphin Centre had gained a reputation as one of the best leisure complexes in the country.have a reputation of/for being: · The mill has the reputation of being one of the most energy-efficient in the world.live up to your reputation (=be as good, bad etc as people say): · The restaurant certainly lived up to its reputation; the food was delicious.
the idea that people have about a well-known person, company, or product - use this especially about an idea that is deliberately created through newspaper stories, advertising etc: image as: · Perth is proud of its image as a breeding ground for "don't-take-no-for-an-answer" entrepreneurs. be bad/good for somebody's image: · The President's advisers said it would be bad for his image to be photographed with union leaders.improve your image: · The party is seeking to improve its image with female voters.project an image (=make an image): · The princess tried to project an image of herself as serious and hardworking.
the reputation a person or an organization has because of something they do or because of the quality of what they produce, usually when this is good: good/bad name: · He's a determined man and he values his good name.have a name for doing something: · This man has a name for making tough business deals.get a good/bad name: · Teenagers tend to get a bad name for being moody.make a name for yourself (=become known and admired by many people): · Marks and Spencer have made a name for themselves as a producer of high quality goods at reasonable prices.
someone's reputation and position in a group or society, based on other peoples' opinion of them: social/moral/professional etc standing: · The class system in Great Britain encourages people to be very aware of their social standing.· This legal case is very likely to damage the company's professional standing.national/international etc standing: · Jacques Tati was a man of international standing in the world of screen comedy.
the respect and good reputation a person, organization, profession etc has because they have a high position in society, are admired by people etc: · The teaching profession has lost the prestige it had in former times.· Hosting the Olympic Games would add to our country's international prestige.· Becoming a film star confers status, power, prestige and wealth.
a reputation for being very good at something, very important, or very influential that makes people respect you: · At that time there were no other universities in England equal in stature to Oxford and Cambridge.stature as: · As he got older, Picasso's stature as an artist increased.of world/international etc stature: · a British architect of international stature
formal someone's reputation, especially whether or not other people think they are honest or morally good: · A person's character is very important to me when I decide who I want to work with.be of (good/bad) etc character: · Her husband was a man of good character, well-liked and respected by his colleagues.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
The king wanted to enhance his prestige through war. This little-known British firm has now gained considerable prestige.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
the respect and admiration that someone or something gets because of their success or important position in societyprestige of The king wanted to enhance his prestige through war. This little-known British firm has now gained considerable prestige.· But, according to Williams, this argument gives utilitarian methods greater prestige and a greater role in decision-making than they actually deserve.· Such organizations provide opportunities to work with well-known attorneys on major cases for major clients and carry great prestige.· Traditionally, public university degrees have carried far greater social prestige.· It has great prestige, both nationally and internationally.· Any hopes, however, that Eisenhower would use his great prestige to restrain McCarthy were soon dashed.· Some firms may have grown in an unplanned, unforeseen manner, others may have expanded in order to acquire greater prestige and so on.· But the greater the prestige and reputation of an institution, the more it will recruit from the upper echelons of society.
· Children are forced into the rat race for higher salary and prestige.· For most estimators, advancement takes the form of higher pay and prestige.· The position of leader-manager in the kibbutz carries authority, and commands high prestige.· Voluntary work tends to carry higher prestige than paid work.
· Other forms of information are required for the purposes of international prestige.
· Clearly Oswiu experienced a tremendous increase in personal power and prestige following his victory at the Winwaed.· To present his policy to the outside world and defuse opposition to it, he made brilliant use of his personal prestige.· By virtue of his unique personal prestige, he himself was relatively insulated from the pressure of public opinion.· Roosevelt failed to put his personal prestige behind it and discrimination continued, especially in the South.· Pride, even personal prestige, were also at stake.
· Since women in general have less social prestige than men, this in itself tends to reinforce negative attitudes to the elderly.· In many similar households, sons of some social prestige and standing were at least nominally subject to their fathers' authority.· Traditionally, public university degrees have carried far greater social prestige.· The wealthy Detroit property developer of shopping malls enjoyed the social prestige of owning the world's largest auction house.· Economic reward, political power and social prestige all flow from the structure of classes.· University-trained lawyers dominated the civil service but only the highest posts gave social prestige.
NOUN· Revenue can then be switched to other items, such as military hardware, or so-called prestige projects.· They will also switch spending from their day-to-day Budgets to rail, road, communications and other prestige projects.
VERB· Traditionally, public university degrees have carried far greater social prestige.· Such organizations provide opportunities to work with well-known attorneys on major cases for major clients and carry great prestige.· Voluntary work tends to carry higher prestige than paid work.
· The victory at Sluys enhanced Edward's military prestige, but he was unable to follow it up.· Law professor Derek Bell has even argued that black intellectuals disavow militants in order to enhance their prestige with whites.· The sums that will pass through them ought surely to enhance their prestige, and at a symbolic time.
· The wealthy Detroit property developer of shopping malls enjoyed the social prestige of owning the world's largest auction house.· Most of the good performers in the international search companies enjoy the prestige of being part of a large firm.
· Because of this, a household obliged to sponsor many feasts gains no prestige, but becomes rather an object of pity.
· But the court has lost some of its prestige, Broussard said.
the prestige of having your work shown at a top London gallery The king wanted to enhance his prestige through war. This little-known British firm has now gained considerable prestige. the personal prestige attached to owning a large property► see thesaurus at reputationprestige1 nounprestige2 adjective
prestigeprestige2 adjective [only before noun] a prestige project, product etc is one of high quality that people respect you for having or being involved in: tiny roles in prestige films a prestige car