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prestige

/pɹəˈsti(d)ʒ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
  2. (often preceded by "the") Delusion; illusion; trick.
  3. (of a linguistic form) Regarded as relatively prestigious; often, considered the standard language or language variety, or a part of such a variety.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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