premier meaning
premier :
best, leading
adjective
▪ This is the premier hotel in the city.
▪ This is the best hotel in the city.
▪ She is a premier artist in the country.
▪ She is a leading artist in the country.
paraphrasing
▪ top – best
▪ prime – main
▪ foremost – most important
▪ supreme – highest
premier :
leader, head
noun
▪ The premier of the country spoke today.
▪ The leader of the country spoke today.
▪ He met with the premier of the state.
▪ He met with the head of the state.
paraphrasing
▪ leader – head
▪ chief – main person
▪ head – leader
▪ governor – state leader
Pronunciation
premier [ˈprɛm.i.ər]
The stress is on 'prem' and sounds like 'prem-ee-er'.
Common phrases and grammar about premier
premier - Common meaning
adjective
best, leading
noun
leader, head
Part of Speech Changes for "premier"
▪ premiership (noun) – the office or term of a premier
▪ premiering (verb) – showing for the first time
Common Expressions with "premier"
▪ premier league – the top league in sports
▪ premier performance – the first or best show
▪ premier event – the main or best event
▪ premier choice – the best option
Important examples of premier in TOEIC
Vocabulary examples from the TOEIC test
In TOEIC vocabulary questions, premier is often used to describe the best or most important thing.
Example of a confusing word: primary (main or first)
Grammar examples from the TOEIC test
As an adjective, premier often appears in TOEIC questions to describe the top or leading status of something.
premier
Idioms and fixed expressions in TOEIC
premier league
'top league', used in sports contexts.
premier performance
means 'the first or best show', used in entertainment contexts.
Differences between similar words and premier
premier
,
prime
differences
Premier is often used for the best or most important, while prime refers to the main or most significant.
Words with the same origin as premier
The origin of premier
The word premier comes from the Latin 'primarius', which means 'of the first rank'.
Word structure
It has the root 'prim' (first) and suffix 'er' (adjective/noun), meaning 'first in rank'.
Words with the same origin
The root of premier is prim (first). Words with the same root include primary (first), primitive (early stage).
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