pre-eminence

See also: preeminence, prééminence, and preëminence

English

Noun

pre-eminence (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of preeminence
   • 1962 August, Mercury, “The fastest trains on the Continent, 1962: II—Western Germany”, in Modern Railways, page 125:

     While the Deutsche Bundesbahn has not reattained the pre-eminence in European railway speed that the German railways enjoyed before the 1939-1945 war, speeds in that country are steadily moving upwards [...].

References

• “pre-eminence”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.