0 the quality of being more important or better than others: --
The company hopes to reestablish its pre-eminence with an international clientele.
His pre-eminence in his subject is internationally recognized.
This gift will help ensure that the university maintains preeminence in the geosciences for generations to come.
It isn’t clear yet which of the new technologies will come to pre-eminence.
The pre-eminence of English in films, music, and software helped make it a global language.