Eminent and Main

Eminent

Eminent adjective - Standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement.

Main and eminent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Main" instead an adjective "Eminent".

Nearby Words: eminence, eminently

Main

Main adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
Usage example: this is the main point of the study—everything else is secondary

Eminent and main are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Eminent" instead an adjective "Main".

Nearby Words: mainly, mainline

Both words in one sentence

  • Digital Piracy Is Evil Oddly enough, the comic has a B-plot about the main character's grandmother trying to fight the city's using eminent domain to evict her from her house, albeit with (in her view, inadequate) compensation- the city technically wins but can't pay the revised total.
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