On this page you'll find 5 example sentences with Preferment. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as promotion or accusation and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Preferment in a sentence
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Preferment meaning
- Prior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a particular payment or product.
- The fact of being pushed or advanced to a more favourable situation; furtherance, promotion (of a candidate, action, undertaking etc.).
- Advancement to a higher position or office; promotion.
Synonyms of Preferment
Using Preferment
- The main meaning on this page is: Prior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a particular payment or product. | The fact of being pushed or advanced to a more favourable situation; furtherance, promotion (of a candidate, action, undertaking etc.). | Advancement to a higher position or office; promotion.
- Useful related words include: promotion, accusation, accusal.
- In the example corpus, preferment often appears in combinations such as: preferment in.
Context around Preferment
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Preferment
- In this selection, "preferment" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, got stand out and add context to how "preferment" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include abbadie s preferment and chance for preferment in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "preferment" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with preferment
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This work helped Abbadie's preferment. (6 words)
A few months later, he wrote the music for D'Urfey's play, The Fool's Preferment. (17 words)
The Great Barrier Reef Foundation was deemed the chosen one, but questions are circulating as to why that outfit got preferment for such largesse. (24 words)
Williams took holy orders in the Church of England in connection with his studies, but he became a Puritan at Cambridge and thus ruined his chance for preferment in the Anglican church. (32 words)
At this period, simony (the purchase or sale of church offices or preferment) in the election of popes and bishops was rife among clergy and laity. (26 words)
The Great Barrier Reef Foundation was deemed the chosen one, but questions are circulating as to why that outfit got preferment for such largesse. (24 words)
Example sentences (5)
The Great Barrier Reef Foundation was deemed the chosen one, but questions are circulating as to why that outfit got preferment for such largesse.
A few months later, he wrote the music for D'Urfey's play, The Fool's Preferment.
At this period, simony (the purchase or sale of church offices or preferment) in the election of popes and bishops was rife among clergy and laity.
This work helped Abbadie's preferment.
Williams took holy orders in the Church of England in connection with his studies, but he became a Puritan at Cambridge and thus ruined his chance for preferment in the Anglican church.
Common combinations with preferment
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- preferment in 2×