adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a prestigious award (= very well-respected )
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The Nobel Prize is regarded as the most prestigious award in the world.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
highly
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The private practice was never very large but it was highly prestigious .
more
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Why does theorizing seem to be so much more prestigious than empirical research?
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This has not gone down too well with the Torinese, who want a more prestigious side to inaugurate their new stadium.
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Other firms may be bigger and more prestigious , but their clients are terrified of Pannone.
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Some were richer and more prestigious than others, and their favour presumably the more worth having.
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The other awards, featured on page 15, may be more prestigious but they certainly won't be more hotly contested.
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Acquavella offers a relationship which is, in some respects, even more prestigious than Kirkman.
most
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As we suggested, this applies even to the largest and most prestigious search firms.
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The most prestigious law schools had turned him down, as had the Ivyish colleges four years before.
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Go right here to reach almost immediately the Poldi-Pezzoli Museum and one of the most prestigious private art collections in the world.
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The prize, which includes a $ 25, 000 honorarium, is considered one of the most prestigious in medicine.
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These Districts contain the most prestigious teaching hospitals, which are staffed by the medical establishment.
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The prizes, the most prestigious awards given for journalism, are presented annually by Columbia University.
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For that at Olympia, the oldest and most prestigious , it was customary for cities at war to call a truce.
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But as I rode out with the nation's most prestigious hunt, I found its members the model of politeness.
■ NOUN
award
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The prizes, the most prestigious awards given for journalism, are presented annually by Columbia University.
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The entire white watch crew at Wallasey fire station received a prestigious award in recognition of their bravery at the triple rescue.
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The Nobel committee aimed well in choosing the anti-land mine campaigners for the prestigious award .
event
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This is a prestigious event and deserves publicity, even if they don't come.
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This was what today would be described as a prestigious event .
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This major prestigious event is currently being coordinated by Northern Arts.
university
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Clinton was a Rhodes scholar at the prestigious university .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I am a partner in one of Cleveland's oldest and most prestigious law firms.
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One of the most prestigious universities in the country is looking for a new president.
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The anxiously awaited invitations to the prestigious end-of-year dance began to arrive.
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Women are attaining powerful and prestigious managerial positions.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Key Publishing, who produce FlyPast, added a sum of £500 to go with the prestigious trophy and the associated publicity.
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Serious contenders for the prestigious individual all-around gold medal title could number as many as 10.
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The other awards, featured on page 15, may be more prestigious but they certainly won't be more hotly contested.
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The simpler forms are designed for less prestigious or valuable property.
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Was it prestigious or trashy to be a disco diva?