pre·rog·a·tive

(prĭ-rŏg′ə-tĭv)

1. An exclusive right or privilege held by a person or group, especially a hereditary or official right. See Synonyms at right.

2. The exclusive right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge: "Encyclicals became direct exercises of papal prerogative" (Garry Wills).

adj.

Of, arising from, or exercising a prerogative.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin praerogātīva, feminine of praerogātīvus, asked first, from praerogātus, past participle of praerogāre, to ask before : prae-, pre- + rogāre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

pre·rog′a·tived adj.

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prerogative

(prɪˈrɒɡətɪv)

1. an exclusive privilege or right exercised by a person or group of people holding a particular office or hereditary rank

2. any privilege or right

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a power, privilege, or immunity restricted to a sovereign or sovereign government

adj

having or able to exercise a prerogative

[C14: from Latin praerogātīva privilege, earlier: group with the right to vote first, from prae before + rogāre to ask, beg for]

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pre•rog•a•tive

(prɪˈrɒg ə tɪv, pəˈrɒg-)

n.

1. an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like.

2. a right, privilege, etc., limited to a specific person or to persons of a particular category.

3. a power, immunity, or the like restricted to a sovereign government or its representative.

4. Obs. precedence.

adj.

5. having or exercising a prerogative.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin praerogātīvus (adj.) voting first, praerogātīva (n. use of feminine adj.) tribe or century with right to vote first. See pre-, interrogative]

syn: See privilege.

privilege, prerogative - A privilege is a right that may be extended to a group or a number of people; a prerogative is a right that, customarily, is vested in a single person.

prerogative

- Comes from Latin praerogare, "ask before others," and came to mean "right to precedence, privilege."

prerogative

noun right, choice, claim, authority, title, due, advantage, sanction, liberty, privilege, immunity, exemption, birthright, droit, perquisite I thought it was a woman's prerogative to change her mind?

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prerogative

noun

1. A privilege granted a person, as by virtue of birth:

appanage, birthright, perquisite, right.

Law: droit.

2. The right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge:

authority, command, control, domination, dominion, jurisdiction, mastery, might, power, sovereignty, sway.

Informal: say-so.

Translations

إمتياز، حَق بسبب المركِز

výsada

privilegium

etuoikeus

forréttindi

prerogatyva

prerogatīvaprivilēģija

særrett

yetki

特权

prerogative

[prɪˈrɒgətɪv] N → prerrogativa f
he can refuse if he wants to, that's his prerogative → puede negarse si quiere, está en su derecho

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prerogative

[prɪˈrɒgətɪv] n → prérogative f

prerogative

n → Vorrecht nt, → Prärogativ nt (geh); that’s a woman’s prerogative → das ist das Vorrecht einer Frau

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prerogative

[prɪˈrɒgətɪv] n → prerogativa

prerogative

(prəˈrogətiv) noun

a special right or privilege belonging to a person because of his rank, position etc.