prestige

plural prestiges · alternative archaic præstige

1. uncountableusuallyThe quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.

   Oxford has a university of very high prestige.

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   But in such an instance a false belief will appear with all the prestige of the latest scientific knowledge supporting it.

   1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 425

2. obsoleteuncountableusuallyoften preceded by theDelusion; illusion; trick.

   That faith which, we are told, was founded on a rock, impregnable to the assaults of men and demons; to the sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of imposture!

   1811, William Warburton, edited by Richard Hurd, The works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester, volume the ninth, London: Luke Hansard & Sons, →OCLC, page 121

3. uncountableusuallyvideo gamesThe act of starting over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.

   When Season 1 starts, so does prestige for anyone who has reached level 55.

   2023 November 15, Ford James, “How to prestige in Modern Warfare 3”, in GamesRadar+, London: Future plc, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2023

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   Rather than relying on the genre-standard “prestige,” the act of resetting your progress to earn a larger modifier on your next attempt, SPACEPLAN resets its progress by sending you to a new planet so that it can both reset your progress and advance the narrative. […] Prestige can sometimes feel like a defeat; “I guess I’ve made it as far as I can, I’ll have to start over.”

   2017 May 19, Jim Squires, “SPACEPLAN Review: Of Satellites and Potatoes”, in Gamezebo, Walnut Creek, Calif.: iWin, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2022

   There's new Omnimovement, changes to progression and prestige, the option to share your best weapon builds.

   2025 August 27, Danielle Rose, “Call of Duty Black Ops 7 release date, trailers, story, and latest news”, in PCGamesN, Bath, Somerset: NetworkN, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2025

4. countableusuallyvideo gamesA level, rank, or tier corresponding to prestige.

   With dozens of custom enchantments, unique prestiges, and a player-driven economy, ManaCube offers a rich and immersive Prison experience.

   2025 February 2, Edward Hays, “10 best Minecraft Prison servers in 2025”, in Sportskeeda, Mumbai, Maharashtra: Nazara Technologies, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2025

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   This guide will explain how MW3's prestige system works, how to increase your prestige, and provide some tips on how to maximize your XP gains to speed up the prestige leveling process. […] Excluding the first rank, each prestige is made up of 50 levels, as shown below: […]

   2019 August 21, Charles Burgar, “Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Prestige System Explained”, in TheGamer, Montreal, Que.: Valnet, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2023

   While prestiges are “a completely optional part of progression,” Kinetic is hoping to provide some more incentive for players to make use of the feature. For instance, we’ll be able to get prestige-related cosmetics for player models, some free XP, or extra in-game cash to buy equipment with.

   2024 January 17, Anna Koselke, “Forget Lethal Company, another 10/10 co-op horror is getting an update”, in PCGamesN, Bath, Somerset: NetworkN, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2024

alternative archaic præstige

1. not comparablehuman sciencesRegarded as relatively prestigious; often, considered the standard language or language variety, or a part of such a variety.

   The 3rd person plural -ą ending is phonetically [ow̃] or [om], depending on the dialect. However, [ow̃] is the prestige form.

   1981, Jerzy Rubach, Cyclic Phonology and Palatalization in Polish and English, Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, →OCLC, page 57

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   Furthermore there is in each area a well recognized standard, known by a single name, which although often linguistically distinct from local dialects, has served as the prestige form for some time.

   1971, John Gumperz, “Formal and informal standards in Hindi regional language area”, in Language in Social Groups, Stanford: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 48

present singular third person prestiges · participle present prestiging · participle past prestiged · past prestiged · alternative archaic præstige

1. intransitivevideo gamesTo start over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.

   Reached level 50 and prestiged which I have never had the inclination to do in any game before.

   2014 April 1, Man of Kent, “Monday, innit”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet)

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   This seriously depends on the prerequisites, but most chars will already have a +1 bow by the time they're thinking of prestiging - or will this stack with the equipment's magic?

   2002 July 15, Mark Green, “help in creating prestige class: Sharpshooter”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet)

   I'm going to try to stop and move onto a different game once I've prestiged, but the credits/equipment buying arrangement will make prestiging much less of a crippling shock than in previous games, so I may well be stuck playing it for a long time to come.

   2010 December 3, Chris Stevens, “PWG 20101203 - The deja double”, in uk.games.video.misc (Usenet)

   However, Treyarch crafts a narrative of leveling up when a player attempts to prestige. The player is stripped of most un-lockable game features and must re-earn them with the ability to repeat this process 15 times. Prestiging allows the empty narrative of online multiplayer first person shooters to continue on a much grander scale.

   2013, Brent Kice, “Perceptions of Control: Open World Formats v. Online Multiplayer First Person Shooters”, in Matthew Wysocki, editor, Ctrl-Alt-Play: Essays on Control in Video Gaming, McFarland & Company, page 154

   Prestiging itself is a concept popularized by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, where players can reset their in-game progress after reaching the maximum experience level, and receive a cosmetic token in exchange.

   2018, Adam Kramarzewski, Ennio De Nucci, Practical Game Design, Packt, page 420

2. transitivevideo gamesTo start (something) over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.

   Get through 50 levels of the Bloodweb to prestige your character.

   2023 March 31, Danielle Rose, “All Dead by Daylight codes list April 2023”, in PCGamesN, Bath, Somerset: NetworkN, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023

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   When you complete all seven of the challenges inside a specific mission, you'll have the opportunity to prestige the mission. Simply navigate to the specific mission you want to prestige and you'll be given the option when every challenge is complete.

   2019 August 1, Ford James, “How to prestige missions in Fortnite”, in GamesRadar+, London: Future plc, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2019

   Once you have managed to complete your registry, you are able to prestige it, which simply means that the registry will be reset, and the figures or stickers will go to zero, which allows you to go an return the foundables once more.

   2019 August 21, Matthew Wilkinson, “10 Ways To Get XP Quickly In Harry Potter: Wizards Unite”, in TheGamer, Montreal, Que.: Valnet, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2019