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Definition of prestigious adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

prestigious

adjective

NAmE//prɛˈstɪdʒəs//

, NAmE//prɛˈstidʒəs//

[usually before noun]

respected and admired as very important or of very high quality a prestigious award a prestigious university the city's most prestigious and exclusive hotel

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