prestiges

Noun

prestige (usually uncountable, plural prestiges)

1. (usually) 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.
2. (obsolete, usually, often preceded by the) 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
3. (usually) 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
4. (countable, usually) 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

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