Preferment

Definition: Preferment

Preferment

Noun

1. The act of preferring; "the preferment went to the younger candidate".

2. The act of making accusations; "preferment of charges".

Date "preferment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonym: Preferment

Synonym: recognition (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Churchdom	Holy orders, ordination, institution, consecration, induction, reading in, preferment, translation, presentation.
Improvement	Noun: improvement; amelioration, melioration; betterment; mend, amendment, emendation; mending; Verb: advancement; advance; (progress); ascent; promotion, preferment; elevation; increase; cultivation, civilization; culture, march of intellect; menticulture; race-culture, eugenics.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Preferment

English words defined with "preferment": Annates ♦ Primitia, Promottion ♦ recognition ♦ Simoniac ♦ the hour, To go in for, To serve the time. (references)

Specialty definitions using "preferment": Advancement ♦ Degradation, DRUIDS ♦ Lion, Locomotive ♦ MACROBIAN ♦ Prelate ♦ story ♦ tenacity, Trees. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Religion, Politics and Preferment in France since 1890 : La Belle Epoque and its Legacy (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	I am no young lady on her preferment.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	DEGRADATION, n. One of the stages of moral and social progress from private station to political preferment.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Preferment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.11% of the time. "Preferment" is used about 53 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	98.11%	52	47,145
Noun (proper)	1.89%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	53	N/A

Expression using "preferment": preferment of charges. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "preferment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		paraqitje (adduction, demonstration, designation, display, face, figure, guise, introduction, likeness, make, manifestation, portrayal, presence, presentation, production, profile, recommendation, representation, showing, smartness, statement, submission), ngritje në përgjegjësi, gradim (calibration, graduation, promotion). (various references)

Arabic		‏ترقية (advancement, promotion, step, uplift). (various references)

Bulgarian		предявяване (presentation), повишение (advance, advancement, rise, rising, uprise), повдигане на. (various references)

Czech		povznesení, povýšení (advancement, exaltation, promotion). (various references)

Farsi		مقام افتخاری , حق تقدم (Precedence, Priority), ترفیع (Elation, Lift, Mount, Preference, Promotion, Raise, Upgrade), ازپیش , ارتقاء (Gradation). (various references)

French		avancement (process, progression, promotion), élévation. (various references)

German		Beförderung (advancement, carriage, conveyance, elevation, handling, movement, promotion, traction, transportation). (various references)

Greek		προβιβασμόσ (advancement, promotion), προαγωγή (advancement, boost, furtherance, promotion). (various references)

Hebrew		ק�"ימ�" (abreast, advancement, ahead, along, eastwards, forward, onward, onwards, precedence), �"עלא�" במשר�" (promotion). (various references)

Hungarian		kedvezményben részesítés, kedvezés (favour, preference, subservience, subserviency), előléptetés (advancement, improvement, promotion, step). (various references)

Indonesian		pangkat (degree, exponent, power, rank), kenaikan (ascension, ascent, rise, sector). (various references)

Italian		promozione (advancement, promotion, sponsorship, step), avanzamento (advance, advancement, haulage, headway, progress, promotion, rise, step, transport). (various references)

Manx		ardjaghey (change up, climb, increase, inflation, level up, lift, mount up, outbid, overbid, pitch, prefer, promote, promotion, put up, ramp, steepen, worsen, worsen as fever). (various references)

Pig Latin		efermentpray

Portuguese		nomeação (appointment, billet, designation, nomination). (various references)

Romanian		promovare (advance, pass, remove), funcţie superioarã, avansare (accession, advancement, forwardness, promotion, rise, rising, uprise). (various references)

Russian		продвижение по службе (advance, promotion). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		unapređenje (advancement, promotion), davanje prvenstva. (various references)

Spanish		ascenso (advancement, ascent, climb, elevation, jump, promotion). (various references)

Swedish		befordran (advancement, conveyance, promotion, transit, transport). (various references)

Turkish		yükselme (advance, advancement, ascension, ascent, climb, distinction, escalation, flux, gain, hike, increase, pickup, progress, promotion, promotional, raise, rise, rising, scaling, step up, swell, swelling, upheaval, uprising, upsurge, upthrust), terfi (advancement, commission, promotion, promotional, rise, step), tayin (appointment, assignment, designation, investment, nomination), sunma (exhibition, lodgement, lodgment, offer, presentation, representation), atama (appointment, assignation, assignment, commission, cooptation, co-optation, creation, designation, installation, installment, instalment, institution, investiture, investment, nomination, placement, posting), arz (demonstration, earth, land, offer, presentation, soil, submission, supply). (various references)

Ukrainian		підвищення (advance, aggrandizement, boost, lift, raise, rise, rising, swell). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự thăng cấp (promotion), sự đề bạt (promotion). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Romans Chapter 3, Verse 1
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Ti oun to perisson tou ioudaiou h tiV h wfeleia thV peritomhV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Quid ergo amplius est Iudaeo aut quae utilitas circumcisionis
Old English	990	West Saxon	Hwelce þonne fremu is to beonne Ebrea, oððe hwelc weorþ hæfþ besniþung?
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	What thanne is more to a Jew, or what profit of circumcisioun?
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	What preferment then hath the Iewe? other what a vauntageth circumcision?
Jacobean English	1611	King James	What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
Victorian English	1833	Webster	What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
Basic English	1964	Ogden	How then is the Jew better off? or what profit is there in circumcision?
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Romans Chapter 3, Verse 1
Cebuano	¶ Nan, unsa man diay ang bintaha sa pagka-Judio? Unsa may kapuslanan sa sirkunsisyon?
Croatian	Koja je dakle prednost Židova? Ili kakva korist od obrezanja?
Danish	Hvad er da Jødens Fortrin? eller hvad gavner Omskærelsen?
Dutch	Welk is dan het voordeel van den Jood? Of welk is de nuttigheid der besnijdenis?
Finnish	Mitä etuuksia on siis juutalaisilla, tai mitä hyötyä ympärileikkauksesta?
French	Quel est donc l`avantage des Juifs, ou quelle est l`utilité de la circoncision?
German	Was haben denn die Juden für Vorteil, oder was nützt die Beschneidung?
Haitian Creole	¶ Nan kondisyon sa a, lè yon moun jwif, ki avantaj ki gen nan sa? Kisa sikonsizyon an fè pou li?
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Kalau begitu, apakah untungnya menjadi orang Yahudi? Dan apakah faedahnya menuruti peraturan sunat?
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Jikalau demikian, apakah kelebihan orang Yahudi? Atau apakah faedahnya sunat itu?
Italian	Qual è dunque la superiorit� del Giudeo? O quale l'utilit� della circoncisione? -
Korean	그 런 즉 � 대 인 의 나 음 이 무 엇 이 며 � 례 의 � 익 이 무 엇 이 뇨
Latvian	Kâda tad jûdiem priekðrocîba vai kâds labums no apgraizîðanas?
Maori	¶ Ha, he aha ra te painga i hua ki te Hurai? he aha te rawa o te kotinga?
Norwegian	Hvad fortrin har da jøden? eller hvad gagn er det i omskjærelsen?
Portuguese	Que vantagem, pois, tem o judeu? ou qual a utilidade da circuncisão?
Rumanian	Care este deci kntkietatea Iudeului, sau care este folosul tqierii kmprejur?
Shuar	¶ Núnis aisha Israer-shuar ainia nu ¿Warí pénkernak takakainia? Tura tsupirnaktincha ¿wariniak Yayá?
Swahili	Basi, Myahudi ana nini zaidi kuliko watu wengine? Au kutahiriwa kuna faida gani?
Swedish	Judarna hava väl det företrädet att de äga Guds löftesord, men de äro dock syndare inför honom, de såväl som hedningarna. Åt alla har Gud likväl berett rättfärdighet genom tro på Jesus Kristus.
Uma	¶ To Yahudi pai' to bela to Yahudi hibalia-wadi, masala' omea-ramo hi poncilo Alata'ala. Aga neo' ta'uli' hewa toi, uma melabi kamarasi' -ra to Yahudi ngkai tau ntani' -na, pai' uma ria kalaua-na ada petini' -ra.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "preferment": preferments. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Preferment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: perferment, Pfeffermann, prefarment, preferments. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "preferment" (pronounced 'Pre*fer"ment'): Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abjurement, Abodement, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acquirement, Acquitment, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjustment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advisement, Affeerment, Afforcement, Affordment, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Alignment, Alinement, Allayment, Allegement, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Amassment, Amazement, Amendment, Amercement, Amusement, Annexment, Announcement. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-f-m-n-p-r-r-t"
	-1 letter: fermenter.
	-2 letters: referent, repenter, retemper, temperer.
	-3 letters: enterer, ferment, freemen, preener, premeet, preteen, preterm, reenter, terpene, terreen, terrene.
	-4 letters: entree, eterne, ferret, meeter, perter, prefer, premen, reefer, remeet, renter, repent, retene, teemer, teener, temper, termer.
	-5 letters: emeer, enter, freer, frere, merer, meter, metre, peter, preen, refer, remet, rente, retem, tepee, terne, treen.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-f-m-n-p-r-r-t"
	+1 letter: preferments.
	+3 letters: prefigurement.
	+4 letters: prefigurements.
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