prestige
/pɹɛsˈtiːd͡ʒ/
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prestige noun: the quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
Noun
prestige (usually uncountable, plural prestiges)
- The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
- Oxford has a university of very high prestige.
- But in such an instance a false belief will appear with all the prestige of the latest scientific knowledge supporting it.1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 425
- Delusion; illusion; trick.
- That faith which, we are told, was founded on a rock, impregnable to the assaults of men and demons; to the sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of imposture!1811, William Warburton, edited by Richard Hurd, The works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester, volume the ninth, London: Luke Hansard & Sons, →OCLC, page 121
- The act of starting over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.
- Rather than relying on the genre-standard “prestige,” the act of resetting your progress to earn a larger modifier on your next attempt, SPACEPLAN resets its progress by sending you to a new planet so that it can both reset your progress and advance the narrative. […] Prestige can sometimes feel...2017 May 19, Jim Squires, “SPACEPLAN Review: Of Satellites and Potatoes”, in Gamezebo, Walnut Creek, Calif.: iWin, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2022
- When Season 1 starts, so does prestige for anyone who has reached level 55.2023 November 15, Ford James, “How to prestige in Modern Warfare 3”, in GamesRadar+, London: Future plc, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2023
- A level, rank, or tier corresponding to prestige.
- This guide will explain how MW3's prestige system works, how to increase your prestige, and provide some tips on how to maximize your XP gains to speed up the prestige leveling process. […] Excluding the first rank, each prestige is made up of 50 levels, as shown below: […]2019 August 21, Charles Burgar, “Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Prestige System Explained”, in TheGamer, Montreal, Que.: Valnet, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2023
- While prestiges are “a completely optional part of progression,” Kinetic is hoping to provide some more incentive for players to make use of the feature. For instance, we’ll be able to get prestige-related cosmetics for player models, some free XP, or extra in-game cash to buy equipment with.2024 January 17, Anna Koselke, “Forget Lethal Company, another 10/10 co-op horror is getting an update”, in PCGamesN, Bath, Somerset: NetworkN, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2024
Adjective
prestige (not comparable)
- Regarded as relatively prestigious; often, considered the standard language or language variety, or a part of such a variety.
- Furthermore there is in each area a well recognized standard, known by a single name, which although often linguistically distinct from local dialects, has served as the prestige form for some time.1971, John Gumperz, “Formal and informal standards in Hindi regional language area”, in Language in Social Groups, Stanford: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 48
- The 3rd person plural -ą ending is phonetically [ow̃] or [om], depending on the dialect. However, [ow̃] is the prestige form.1981, Jerzy Rubach, Cyclic Phonology and Palatalization in Polish and English, Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, →OCLC, page 57
Verb
prestige (third-person singular simple present prestiges, present participle prestiging, simple past and past participle prestiged)
- To start over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.
- This seriously depends on the prerequisites, but most chars will already have a +1 bow by the time they're thinking of prestiging - or will this stack with the equipment's magic?2002 July 15, Mark Green, “help in creating prestige class: Sharpshooter”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet)
- I'm going to try to stop and move onto a different game once I've prestiged, but the credits/equipment buying arrangement will make prestiging much less of a crippling shock than in previous games, so I may well be stuck playing it for a long time to come.2010 December 3, Chris Stevens, “PWG 20101203 - The deja double”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet)
- To start (something) over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.
- When you complete all seven of the challenges inside a specific mission, you'll have the opportunity to prestige the mission. Simply navigate to the specific mission you want to prestige and you'll be given the option when every challenge is complete.2019 August 1, Ford James, “How to prestige missions in Fortnite”, in GamesRadar+, London: Future plc, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2019
- Once you have managed to complete your registry, you are able to prestige it, which simply means that the registry will be reset, and the figures or stickers will go to zero, which allows you to go an return the foundables once more.2019 August 21, Matthew Wilkinson, “10 Ways To Get XP Quickly In Harry Potter: Wizards Unite”, in TheGamer, Montreal, Que.: Valnet, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2019
prestige meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
prestige in Hindi
- dignity, status, or esteem
- प्रतिष्ठा pratiṣṭhā, एतबार etbār, आबरू ābrū
prestige in Tamil
- அந்தஸ்து
prestige in Marathi
- prestige; presence — an air of authority, confidence, or distinction
- रुबाब rubāb
prestige in Urdu
- dignity, status, or esteem
- مَنْزِلَتْ manzilat, اِعْتِبار i'tibār, آبْرُو ābrū
More languagesFewer languages
- prestige in Bengali
- আব্রু abru, প্রতিপত্তি protipotti, মর্যাদা morjada
- prestige in Telugu
- ప్రతిష్ట
- prestige in Malayalam
- അഭിമാനം, അന്തസ്സ്
- prestige in Kannada
- ಘನತೆ, ಗೌರವ, ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠೆ, ಯಶಸ್ಸು
- prestige in Odia
- କାଇଦା kāidā, ମାନ māna
- prestige in Pashto
- حیثیت haysiyát, اعتبار i'tibār, آبرو ābrū
- prestige in Arabic
- سُمْعَة sumʕa, كَرَامَة karāma, اِعْتِبَار iʕtibār
- prestige in Malay
- prestij
- prestige in Indonesian
- prestise, gengsi
- prestige in Thai
- เกียรติภูมิ gìiat-dtì-puum
- prestige in Vietnamese
- uy tín, thanh thế
Examples of prestige in a sentence
- There's new Omnimovement, changes to progression and prestige, the option to share your best weapon builds.2025 August 27, Danielle Rose, “Call of Duty Black Ops 7 release date, trailers, story, and latest news”, in PCGamesN, Bath, Somerset...
- With dozens of custom enchantments, unique prestiges, and a player-driven economy, ManaCube offers a rich and immersive Prison experience.2025 February 2, Edward Hays, “10 best Minecraft Prison servers in 2025”, in Sportskeeda, Mumbai, Maharashtra: Nazara Technologies, →OCLC...
- However, Treyarch crafts a narrative of leveling up when a player attempts to prestige.2013, Brent Kice, “Perceptions of Control: Open World Formats v. Online Multiplayer First Person Shooters”, in Matthew Wysocki, editor...
- Reached level 50 and prestiged which I have never had the inclination to do in any game before.2014 April 1, Man of Kent, “Monday, innit”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet):
Forms of prestige
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | prestiges |
| alternative form (archaic) | præstige |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | prestiges |
| present participle | prestiging |
| past participle | prestiged |
| past | prestiged |
Origin of prestige
From French prestige (“illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige”), from Latin praestīgium (“a delusion, an illusion”). Despite the phonetic similarities and the old meaning of “delusion, illusion, trick”, the word has a different root than prestidigitator (“conjurer”) and prestidigitation.
Words formed from prestige
Phrases with prestige
Words that rhyme with prestige
Questions about prestige
- What does prestige mean?
- Prestige means the quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
- What is prestige in Hindi?
- Prestige in Hindi is प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā), एतबार (etbār), आबरू (ābrū). See Prestige meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use prestige in a sentence?
- There's new Omnimovement, changes to progression and prestige, the option to share your best weapon builds.
- What part of speech is prestige?
- Prestige can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce prestige?
- Prestige is pronounced /pɹɛsˈtiːd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of prestige?
- The plural of prestige is prestiges.
Words near prestige in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: prestige (page history and authors); prestige (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); रुबाब (Marathi) (page history and authors); prestige (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prestige (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prestige (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); କାଇଦା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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