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Like other men, I have sought honours and preferment, and often have obtained them beyond my wishes or hopes. Yet never have I found in them that content which I had figured beforehand in my mind. A strong reason, if we well consider it, why we should disencumber ourselves of vain desires.
Francesco Guicciardini

Meaning of "preferment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PREFERMENT

preferment  [prɪˈfɜːmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREFERMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Preferment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PREFERMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pre-ferment

A pre-ferment is a fermentation starter used in bread making, and is referred to as an indirect method. It may also be called mother dough. A pre-ferment and a longer fermentation in the bread-making process have several benefits: there is more time for yeast, enzyme and, if sourdough, bacterial actions on the starch and proteins in the dough; this in turn improves the keeping time of the baked bread, and it creates greater complexities of flavor. Though pre-ferments have declined in popularity as direct additions of yeast in bread recipes have streamlined the process on a commercial level, pre-ferments of various forms are widely used in artisanal bread recipes and formulas.

Definition of preferment in the English dictionary

The first definition of preferment in the dictionary is the act of promoting or advancing to a higher position, office, etc. Other definition of preferment is the state of being preferred for promotion or social advancement. Preferment is also the act of preferring.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREFERMENT


affirmant
əˈfɜːmənt
agreement
əˈɡriːmənt
averment
əˈvɜːmənt
calmant
ˈkɑːmənt
conferment
kənˈfɜːmənt
debarment
dɪˈbɑːmənt
deferment
dɪˈfɜːmənt
determent
dɪˈtɜːmənt
disagreement
ˌdɪsəˈɡriːmənt
disbarment
dɪsˈbɑːmənt
disinterment
ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːmənt
dormant
ˈdɔːmənt
formant
ˈfɔːmənt
garment
ˈɡɑːmənt
informant
ɪnˈfɔːmənt
interment
ɪnˈtɜːmənt
reinterment
ˌriːɪnˈtɜːmənt
sarment
ˈsɑːmənt
Stormont
ˈstɔːmənt
undergarment
ˈʌndəˌɡɑːmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREFERMENT

prefer
preferability
preferable
preferableness
preferably
preference
preference shares
preference stock
preferential
preferential voting
preferentialism
preferentialist
preferentiality
preferentially
preferrable
preferred
preferred ordinary shares
preferred stock
preferrer
preferring

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREFERMENT

a visual impairment
accouterment
advertisement
betterment
bewilderment
decipherment
devourment
discolorment
discolourment
disempowerment
dismemberment
empowerment
endangerment
endearment
ferment
impairment
mental impairment
reckless endangerment
torment
visual impairment
wonderment

Synonyms and antonyms of preferment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PREFERMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «preferment» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of preferment

Translation of «preferment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREFERMENT

Find out the translation of preferment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of preferment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «preferment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

升迁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prefermente
570 millions of speakers

English

preferment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उन्नति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

برفرمنت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

почести
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

preferment
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চতর পদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

préferment
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penambahbaikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vorteig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

昇任
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우선권
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Preferensi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

preferment
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பதவியில் உயர்வு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्राधान्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

terfi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

preferment
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

preferment
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

почесті
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

avansare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προζύμη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitmuntendheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

befordran
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

preferment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of preferment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREFERMENT»

The term «preferment» is normally little used and occupies the 139.132 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PREFERMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «preferment» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «preferment» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about preferment

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2 QUOTES WITH «PREFERMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word preferment.
1
Charles Edison
It is my happy privilege to be able to stand here and tell you that if you elect me you will have elected a governor who has made no promises of preferment to any man or group.
2
Francesco Guicciardini
Like other men, I have sought honours and preferment, and often have obtained them beyond my wishes or hopes. Yet never have I found in them that content which I had figured beforehand in my mind. A strong reason, if we well consider it, why we should disencumber ourselves of vain desires.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREFERMENT»

Discover the use of preferment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to preferment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pursuit of Profit and Preferment in Colonial North America: ...
How did an ambitious British army officer advance his career in mid–eighteenth–century North America?
William G Godfrey, 1982
2
Religion, Politics and Preferment in France Since 1890: La ...
This book is the first to investigate the problems that committed Catholics allegedly faced if they sought careers in state employment under the Third Republic in France.
Maurice Larkin, 2002
3
Preferment: A Satire
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Of Norwich Robinson John, 2009
4
The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Successor paying only Part of Charge may recover same against his Stic- XIII. That in case any such See, Benefice, or other Ecclesiastical Preferment upon which there shall be a subsisting Charge by virtue of any such Certificate as aforesaid ...
Great Britain, 1851
5
A Practical Arrangement of Ecclesiastical Law
1 &2Vict. ment, enacts that “if any spiritual person holding any cathe“106' dral preferment or benefice, shall accept any other cathedral preferrnent or benefice, and be admitted, instituted, or licensed to the same contrary to the provisions of this ...
Francis James Newman Rogers, 1849
6
Chitty's Collection of Statutes: With Notes Thereon Intended ...
I It 2 Vict. cathedral preferment, or any other benefice, or if any spiritual person holding two or more 0- \°5- cathedral preferments shall accept any benefice, or if any spiritual person holding any cathedral prefennent or preferments, and ...
Joseph Chitty, William Newland Welsby, Edward Beavan, 1851
7
Instructions for the use of candidates for holy orders, and ...
CANONRY — Comprehended under the term Cathedral Preferment 124 CATHEDRAL PREFERMENT— May not be taken and held by a person holding more benefices than one ... 2 Nor by a person holding a cathedral preferment and a ...
Christopher Hodgson, 1870
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BILLS, PUBLIC
( 13 ) And be it Enacted, That in any case in which the consent or con- HOW, where currence of the patron of any office, dignity, preferment or benefice is hereby required, and the right of patronage of such office, dignity, pre- £ie ferment or ...
‎1842
9
A practical treatise on the law relating to the church and ...
... or benefice, shall accept any other cathedral prefer- »e<=c.nd prefer- ment or benefice, and be admitted, instituted, or licensed ^"he"^TMi7 to the same contrary to the provisions of the act, every rules vacates cathedral preferment or benefice,  ...
Henry William Cripps, Charles Alfred Cripps (Baron Parmoor), 1845
10
Acts Relating to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for ...
act vacates any other cathedral preferment or benefice, and be ad- the former mjtted, instituted, or licensed to the same contrary to the provisions of this act, every cathedral preferment or benefice so previously held by him shall be and become ...
Great Britain. Parliament, 1844

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREFERMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term preferment is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Damien Oliver wins his 10th Melbourne Jockey's Premiership and is …
Oliver said the highlights of his season were winning the Victoria Derby on Preferment and also the Mackinnon Stakes on Happy Trails where ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
2
Champion Oliver makes it 10
Oliver said the highlights of his season were winning the Victoria Derby on Preferment and also the Mackinnon Stakes on Happy Trails where ... «Fox Sports, Jul 15»
3
Chris Waller the season's Group One star
Kermadec went on in the autumn to give Waller his fifth Doncaster Mile win and along with Preferment will be among the stable's spring hopes ... «Bloodstock.com.au, Jul 15»
4
Drive to make CofE less 'male, pale and stale' backfires
The Church is phasing out its ultra-secretive “preferment list” from which bishops were picked amid claims it accentuated an image of an ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Enda's Banking Inquiry lap of honour turns into ambush
They were only available for the Inquiry because they had not received preferment in the Taoiseach's allocation of government posts. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
6
Group One winners of the 2014/15 season
... Thousand Guineas (Amicus), Victoria Derby (Preferment), Kingston Town Classic (Moriarty), Doncaster Mile (Kermadec), Sydney Cup (Grand ... «Bloodstock.com.au, Jul 15»
7
Tony Gollan equals Qld training record
Most Important is owned by Linda Huddy who raced Australian Derby winner Shoot Out and has Victoria Derby winner Preferment. "We paid ... «Bloodstock.com.au, Jul 15»
8
Revenue asked to tackle white collar crime after recent sweetener …
... individuals operating within our public sector who “are on the take and accepting bungs” for preferment in supply of goods and services. «Galway Advertiser, Jul 15»
9
The BBC and the Tories: is it war?
... the call went through to John Whittingdale, at 55 years of age long gone from the Tory front bench, and from any expectation of preferment. «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
10
Kermadec in cruise control on his return
“We've worked out Preferment doesn't like heavy tracks and he's a real stayer that's already in the Melbourne Cup field so his grand final is a ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»

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