Eminent

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  • adjective. Well-known and respected, especially for achievement in a particular field: synonym: famous.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Outstanding or remarkable.
  • adjective. Being such in full measure; complete; absolute.
  • adjective. Towering or standing out above others; prominent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In mineralogy, highly perfect: said of cleavage.
  • Prominent; standing out above other things; high; lofty.
  • High in rank, office, worth, or public estimation; conspicuous; highly distinguished: said of a person or of his position: as, an eminent station; an eminent historian or poet. It is rarely used in a bad sense.
  • Conspicuous; such as to attract attention; manifest: as, the judge's charge was characterized by eminent fairness; an eminent example of the uncertainty of circumstantial evidence.
  • Supreme; controlling; unrestrained by higher right or authority: chiefly in the phrase eminent domain (which see, under domain).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. High; lofty; towering; prominent.
  • adjective. Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous
  • adjective. See under Domain.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. high, lofty; towering; prominent.
  • adjective. noteworthy, remarkable, great
  • adjective. of a person, distinguished, important, noteworthy
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of imposing height; especially standing out above others
  • adjective. standing above others in quality or position
  • Word Usage
    "God has the ideas in an eminent manner (˜eminent™ is discussed further below), and these ideas are the objects of His thought."