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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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grotty
286
Increment
126
guard of honour
191
Detox
153
Manpower
377
veined
110
kernel
307
pick at something
239
play at something
94
Legacy
353
boogie
246
screw around
160
all smiles
69
Sequel
171
equally
272
versed
183
nv
165
humpless
76
blue tit
187
wrung
129
kerchief
170
soft-hearted
168
Bronze Age
190
cockies
96
celibate
368
Set out
251
entire
704
shrill
418
for effect
142
insured
177
totty
177
maze
382
graze
542
Hefty
218
Sitter
195
ground zero
214
paywall
164
Blacken
145
moonless
148
Comprehensive
372
caravan
360
Physiological
79
Improvisation
137
cheeseparing
190
set
865
wuss
211
as well
206
Flamboyant
227
locavore
134
drop out
302
upmarket
234
Luncheon
272
step in
123
pragmatic
282
shaking
119
Automatically
234
barbell
222
socceroos
112
Flashback
158
Consort
86
whistle
1001
embroider
268
Sophisticated
260
ground-zero
108
chasing
116
housemate
162
Sterilization
135
Chairman
381
congenital
389
inclusivity
126
knucklehead
140
squared
144
carve
738
azt
187
honesty
920
the big screen
169
baneful
211
assassin
273
mile
795
extirpate
244
calabrese
152
solemn
908
deteriorate
493
violoncello
119
fact sheet
228
dweller
490
redolent
199
boarding house
309
Blind
329
cbs
209
Touching
261
Impolite
332
Tempting
337
Tend
480
showdown
168
prospect
876
Chastise
173
mastery
265
Is
149
tera-
183
help
598
Mull
87
cower
272
comparison-shop
196
Papacy
27
inconsistency
203
galloping
208
lip
850
spate
192
seeing
266
impartial
614
deportee
262
Torpor
85
underemployed
217
bronze-age
104
merit
798
breeze
781
Recent
370
appeals court
209
Brusque
177
Anatomy
290
Person
364
Numinous
101
underemployment
97
Commotion
123
tsarist
202
logistics
465
half-caste
294
conniving
234
cock-a-leekie
186
Multiply
391
Period
443
Upper
232
skirmish
224
Civilization
205
governor-general
154
driest
134
cleanliness
229
oap
157
bitty
332
dry
614
vernacular
208
Cordial
108
elastoplast
200
Apocalypse
341
vietnamese
132
pronunciation
881
obstetrics
186
Unconscious
418
romaji
116
Quarrelsome
329
vagrancy
182
stockholder
163
peak
962
undrinkable
108
dull
1318
organogram
165
heap
837
overtop
173
vagrancies
88
ratbag
166
chagrin
276
secretary
567
Paintball
171
hairstyle
215
reworking
115
kettle
886
Diagnoses
172
overtopping
66
reprint
172
Vocabulary
483
rework
183
time-honoured
184
off-the-shelf
270
Enquiry
377
daddy
358
sprint
476
General Hospital
213
Howdy
60
rise
1726
Colon
108
eskimo
172
uppity
206
ailing
237
bulletin
320
abrade
235
cocoa
235
sabre
155
Pool
409
muckrake
131
user-friendly
382
saber
215
comms
141
cozen
104
eulogize
262
uncouth
209
Domesticate
157
fenland
211
baffled
281
trading
223
withers
134
seize
868
crucible
205
retrial
146
Gleam
254
objectivity
111
arrogate
303
thousandfold
113
actuality
291
norseman
124
chagrined
113
epistolary
240
sable
182
muckraking
308
Weld
289
Exclusive
381
streptococcus
150
osha
163
obstetric
93
dichotomy
281
competitor
440
secretaries
88
malicious
277
recommend
999
Sea
339
Bob
398
restatement
92
readership
126
Hail
430
Bite
400
rove
479
cruise
373
quiz
988
stall
555
definitely
721
polemical
158
conceivable
564
publication
1040
kwaito
114
nose
415
Plea
461
hand over
267
Literary
257
DAY
138
abashed
251
Genealogy
123
smoky
279
ugc
134
energies
106
biceps
176
obliquity
85
chatline
105
serum
132
nut job
123
chat line
223
tone
1222
tera
84
corp
134
tagger
81
proportioned
137
uproar
311
getting
184
forbearing
172
author
904
chillax
194
solecism
153
Safe
464
Ingest
183
dodder
144
portraiture
282
corn bread
245
boiler
304
subvert
153
pick somebody's brains
117
up
597
price
582
calling
242
merchandise
439
Tendon
103
Squirt
154
Auxiliary
216
chewing gum
228
Endless
241
pay out
128
continuity announcer
199
gummy
277
Mold
229
sew something ↔ up
105
overheads
114
blotch
283
endangered species
126
Biscuit
268
éclair
210
Chicana
198
Obliged
146
WARRANT
277
fact-sheet
117
consuming
390
aural
671
boss
992
optimal
273
minor in something
104
Breadth
386
rage
2063
sherd
153
uzbekistan
138
Imaginary
263
lunchbox
181
Dissertation
284
muffle
240
Gorgeous
445
Amendment
562
publicly
389
ladette
145
Vital
303
aficionado
338
email
440
honeyed
223
unhealthy
201
cleric
277
Echo
380
underwrite
213
redecorate
201
Represent
568
gerrymandering
265
beryl
213
Paper
418
swing
986
panorama
492
salem
117
Reliability
124
incommunicado
155
empathize
336
MORTALITY
228
panoramas
119
factor
938
scintillating
193
afterburner
105
describing types and forms of nouns
91
Backstreet
70
Sincerity
164
jam
872
Horse
208
I mean (to say)
171
Approach
784
bookmark
304
oversized
175
adjudicate
558
flagrant
396
vlog
468
dietetics
219
Ice
255
rapporteur
112
Slit
153
mouthy
190
racist
294
parabolic
104
thresh
337
POLARIZE
173
sadist
110
unfettered
148
tress
120
add something ↔ in
150
kennels
95
bumblebee
246
confetti
292
nauseant
86
replica
432
comfy
349
Right
464
goliath
200
flyover
208
percentage
987
crypt
454
traverse
192
Aggrieved
195
unknown
801
minutia
126
crypto-
222
parkour
159
cueist
127
Judge
489
mouthiest
73
inveigh
166
meccano
145
offensiveness
150
euphemistic
224
oversensitive
165
Eritrea
196
Approve
525
footstool
201
baronial
247
minidisc
108
-esque
162
MOR
153
clay
857
parliament
845
yaw
159
bourgeois
227
beer mat
203
participative
172
gerrymander
132
marshalsea
77
winery
155
raw
922
detailed
394
crane
687
Memory
488
snore
461
Inveterate
142
sleep
463
baker
192
snare
230
cut out
343
mayor
2033
Case
446
aba
114
non-specific
170
cost-effectiveness
74
slimming
171
concentration camp
248
quintuple
170
man up
228
unsettle
475
storey
804
try something ↔ on
117
chuck something ↔ away
152
surmise
191
cabinet
830
be intended for
112
drivel
346
rotate
862
colander
278
circuit board
221
martin
170
rhyme
472
sophisticated
1051
soldier
569
cold-hearted
335
tight-fitting
160
granddaddy
194
gray
759
fluffier
120
simpleton
240
brown-bag
230
strong-minded
169
fantasize
318
non-flammable
538
purple
725
camp
1168
under threat
110
dressing-down
283
future-proof
184
flesh-colored
163
carbon-neutral
163
Rarely
399
Delighted
375
slop
440
Regularly
345
pre-eminent
550
Calendar
431
close-fitting
235
spade
789
double-density
235
printing
324
Subscribe
357
boat hook
108
well-educated
191
put up
294
outcome
1002
fob
314
even-tempered
297
INCIDENT
240
pulverize
162
Article
500
RAMPANT
40
Effort
431
dissertation
323
phonology
220
looping
88
Handwriting
203
Less
193
cervical
184
winnow
136
supplier
502
bootable
140
timid
876
Formula
312
boarding-card
255
phrase
841
unsmiling
200
accessible
687
murderess
167
horsepower
747
task force
249
argot
227
rises
129
dilapidated
215
belly
492
intergenerational
139
BNC: 24062
COCA: 43252
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
preferment
Word family
noun
preferability
preference
preferentialism
preferentialist
preferment
preferrer
adjective
preferable
preferential
adverb
preferably
preferentially
verb
prefer
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Employment
pre
·
fer
·
ment
/
prɪˈfɜːmənt
$
-ɜːr-
/
noun
[
uncountable
U
]
formal
BE
RRC
UP
when someone is given a more important job
提升,晋升
Examples from the Corpus
preferment
•
By
January
1989 nineteen of her
twenty-one
Cabinet
ministers
owed
their first
preferment
to her.
•
Obvious
answers first: he hopes for
preferment
.
•
Then an
extraordinary
chance gave the barber's
son
the
connections
which he needed for
preferment
.
•
Renewed
prospects
opened up for
preferment
in Ireland.
•
For others there may be a
lack
of
preferment
and other problems of staleness and
complacency
.
•
Alternatively, such an
entry
might mean a
temporary
absence
, on
Church
business if not a
foray
in
quest
of
preferment
.
•
His own
preferment
was not a little
due
to his
discerning
hospitality
.
•
Western
gunfights
were alcohol-related, or else involved
battles
over
gambling
,
prostitution
, or political
preferment
.
From Longman Business Dictionary
preferment
pre·fer·ment
/
prɪˈfɜːmənt-ɜːr-
/
noun
[
uncountable
U
]
formal
when someone is given a more important job
He is hoping for political preferment.
pre
·
fer
·
ment
noun
Chinese
Syllable
Corpus
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