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    pre·fer·ment
    /prēˈfərm(ə)nt/

    noun

    • 1. promotion or appointment to a position or office: "after ordination, preferment was fast"

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  2. Preferment is a noun that means advancement or promotion in dignity, office, or station, or priority or seniority in right. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and legal and kids definitions.

  3. Preferment is the process by which someone receives a more important job, position, etc. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation and usage of preferment with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.

  4. Preferment is the act of promoting or advancing someone to a higher position, office, or social status. It can also mean the state of being preferred or the position itself. See the origin, usage, and example sentences of preferment.

  5. Preferment is the process by which someone receives a more important job, position, etc. See how to use this word in sentences from various sources and learn its pronunciation.

  6. The noun preferment is a kind of promotion, like getting a better position or moving up the ranks at work. Preferment also means the act of liking one thing more than another.

  7. Preferment is a formal word for promotion, meaning the fact of being given a more important job or a higher rank. Learn how to pronounce it, see an example sentence and find a synonym for preferment.

  8. Preferment is the act of being given a better and more important job in an organization. Learn more about its synonyms, pronunciation, collocations, and usage in sentences from various sources.