单词	preferment
释义	preferment noun pre·​fer·​ment pri-ˈfər-mənt  1 a : advancement or promotion in dignity, office, or station b : a position or office of honor or profit 2 : priority or seniority in right especially to receive payment or to purchase property on equal terms with others 3 : the act of bringing forward preferment of charges Synonyms advancement ascent creation elevation preference promotion rise upgrade upgrading See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences He has hopes for preferment. anticipated her preferment to a better-paying position within the company Recent Examples on the Web Government patronage, rather than innovation and the service of one’s neighbor, becomes the path to preferment, and innovation is consequently replaced by lobbying and supplication for special status. Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 12 Aug. 2021 Working-class Protestants are watching the new global economy select their old tribal enemies for preferment while they themselves are left behind. Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 15 Apr. 2021 Why should the government give yet another preferment to investment in upgrading the human capital of the affluent, over the capital investments of other entrepreneurs and workers? Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 21 Nov. 2020 Think of a preferment like a head start towards fermentation. Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 11 Oct. 2020 MPs’ natural wish to support their prime minister, their own ambitions for preferment and the whips’ cruel ways all make for a reluctance to rock the boat. The Economist, 21 June 2018 Word History First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Legal Definition preferment noun pre·​fer·​ment pri-ˈfər-mənt  1 : advancement or promotion in office or station 2 : the act of preferring (as charges) without preferment of allegations preferment noun as in promotion a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position anticipated her preferment to a better-paying position within the company Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance promotion advancement rise ascent elevation aggrandizement preference upgrading creation exaltation ennoblement upgrade magnification glorification Antonyms & Near Antonyms demotion reduction degradation abasement dismissal discharge overthrow deposition expulsion suspension impeachment removal ouster downgrade comedown dethronement downfall disrating fall unmaking unseating See More
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