PREFERMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of preferring

Example:

the preferment went to the younger candidate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("preferment" is a kind of...):

promotion (act of raising in rank or position)

Derivation:

prefer (select as an alternative over another)

prefer (promote over another)

Meaning:

The act of making accusations

Example:

preferment of charges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("preferment" is a kind of...):

accusal; accusation (a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt)

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb preferment