reminisce, grandee, eminence, preeminence, reminiscence, preminisce

Though compact, they are a delight to look at, be it for reminiscing on certain years, for seeing what certain architects – some of them more forgotten than others – have done over the years, or just for admiring the great work produced by the winning architects and seeing how architecture has changed over the last thirty years. 

The New Yorker Bookshop on the day it closed for business, May 19, 1982.CreditEdward Hausner/The New York Times

GOTHAM

Chasing the Ever-Changing New York City

By MICHAEL POWELL 9:49 PM ET

In his final column, Michael Powell reminisces about tracking the city as it morphed.

German football's grandees turn on Bierhoff as contract talks with national
team staff collapse

After disagreements scuttled talks to extend Coach Joachim Loew's contract,
a feud has broken out among Germany's soccer elite. Most under fire is Team
Manager Oliver Bierhoff.

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gran·dee (grăn-dē')
n.

1. 1. A nobleman of the highest rank in Spain or Portugal.
   2. Used as the title for such a nobleman.
2. A person of eminence or high rank.

[Spanish grande, from Latin grandis, great.]

Eminence ：卓越的（樞機）；最可敬的（樞機）：天主教對樞機主教的尊稱。當面稱樞機為 Your Eminence ，第三人稱為 His Eminence 。單國璽樞機（His Eminence Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-Hsi,    S.J.，1923年12月2日－2012年8月22日）

• [émənəns]

[名]

1 [U][C]（地位・身分などの）高いこと［人］, 高位, 高貴；（学徳などの）卓越, 著名（な人）

the theatrical eminences
演劇界の大物たち

a poet of eminence
傑出した詩人

achieve ［reach, win］ eminence as a novelist
小説家として名声を得る.

2 ((形式))小高い所, 高台；《解剖学》（骨の表面の）隆起.

3 ((E-))((通例 His 〜, Your 〜))《カトリック》猊下(げいか)：枢機卿(けい)への尊称. （またem・i・nen・cy）

［中フランス語←ラテン語ēminentia（ē-外に＋minēre突出する＋-ENCE）］

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The talks, starting in the Japanese city of Aomori today, are likely to see Japan touting its pre-eminence in alternative energy technologies, ...Why London Can Live Without Its Bankers The impact of any big bank departures on the economy, government finances and the City of London's pre-eminence as a financial center would be extremely limited, according to research by Reuters.




preeminence

noun
The condition or fact of being dominant: ascendance, ascendancy, dominance, domination, paramountcy, predominance, preponderance, preponderancy, prepotency, supremacy. See over/under.
A position of exalted widely recognized importance: distinction, eminence, eminency, fame, glory, illustriousness, luster, mark, notability, note, prestige, prominence, prominency, renown. See important/unimportant, knowledge/ignorance, respect/contempt/standing.

The death of Charles Gwathmey early this month has provoked a lot of nostalgic reminiscence in the New York architecture world: not just about Mr. Gwathmey himself, but also about the New York Five, a group of influential architects of which he was part.


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reminisce

Pronunciation: /ˌrɛmɪˈnɪs/

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Definition of reminisce

verb

[no object]

• indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events:they reminisced about their summers abroad

Derivatives

reminiscer

noun

Origin:

early 19th century: back-formation from reminiscence

reminiscence

• [rèmənísns]

[名]

1 ((しばしば〜s))（…についての）懐古談, 回想［回顧］録((of ...))

He recounted his vivid reminiscences of the war.
戦争の生々しい懐古談を話した.

2 [U]懐古, 回想, 追想；[C]記憶, 思い出

in reminiscence
回顧して.

3 （他の物を）思い出させる物［事］((of ...)).