English-Hungarian translations for distinguished

• előkelő
  A Tanács soros elnöki posztja lesz valószínűleg a legelőkelőbb poszt, amit valaha is be fogok tölteni. Being President-in-Office of the Council is probably the most distinguished office that I will ever hold.
  Örömmel olvastam az Európai Parlament weboldalán, hogy a nők és férfiak egyenlő kezelésének kérdése 2008-ban az előkelő harmadik helyet foglalta el a legolvasottabb hírek között. I was pleased to read on the European Parliament's website that the topic of equal treatment for women and men is in a distinguished third place among the most read news items in 2008.

Definition of distinguished

• celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
• Having a dignified appearance or demeanor
• Specified, noted

Examples

• The lecture was attended by many distinguished mathematicians.
• Her father was a distinguished gentleman, albeit a poor one.
• Let X be a topological space with a distinguished point p.

Related words

• distinguish
• indistinguishable
• distinguishable
• distinguishing
• undistinguished
• indistinguishability
• distinguishability
• distinguisher
• distinguished lay judge