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noun
- 1. promotion or appointment to a position or office: "after ordination, preferment was fast"
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PREFERMENT definition: the process by which someone receives a more important job, position, etc.: . Learn more.
1. a. : advancement or promotion in dignity, office, or station. b. : a position or office of honor or profit. 2. : priority or seniority in right especially to receive payment or to purchase property on equal terms with others. 3. : the act of bringing forward. preferment of charges. Synonyms. advancement. ascent. creation. elevation. preference.
The noun preferment is a kind of promotion, like getting a better position or moving up the ranks at work. Preferment also means the act of liking one thing more than another. SKIP TO CONTENT
noun. the act of preferring. the state of being preferred. advancement or promotion, especially in the church. a position or office affording social or pecuniary advancement. preferment. / prɪˈfɜːmənt /.
Preferment is the act of being given a better and more important job in an organization. [ formal ] He was told by the governors that he could expect no further preferment.
PREFERMENT meaning: the process by which someone receives a more important job, position, etc.: . Learn more.
Definition of preferment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define preferment. preferment synonyms, preferment pronunciation, preferment translation, English dictionary definition of preferment. n. 1. The act of advancing to a higher position or office; promotion. 2. A position, appointment, or rank giving advancement, as of profit or prestige.
Preferment definition: The act of advancing to a higher position or office; promotion.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024 How to use preferment in a sentence Thomas Sprat, an English prelate and poet, died; he was distinguished as a writer, and rewarded with preferments.
