Definition of cachet
1a : a seal used especially as a mark of official approvalb : an indication of approval carrying great prestige The president placed his cachet on the project.
2a : a characteristic feature or quality conferring prestige regarded the possession of real estate as a cachet of respectabilityb : prestige being rich … doesn't have the cachet it used to — Truman Capote
3 : a medicinal preparation for swallowing consisting of a case usually of rice-flour paste enclosing a medicine
4a : a design or inscription on an envelope to commemorate a postal or philatelic eventb : an advertisement forming part of a postage meter impressionc : a motto or slogan included in a postal cancellation (see cancellation 3)
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Examples of cachet in a Sentence
a movie director with great artistic cachet
His research in Antarctica gave him a certain cachet among other scientists.
Recent Examples of cachet from the Web
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Bollman acquired Kangol, an English brand that gained cachet in the U.S. when hip-hop pioneers like Run-D.M.C. and LL Cool J began sporting it, in 2001.
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Not to mention the cachet of the Amazon brand, which has been helpful to spur other growth in the logistics industries.
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Then there is the Oregon State baseball program, which has the same cachet in Corvallis the UO track program has in Eugene.
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Although anchors at the major broadcast networks have lost some cachet in the past decade as viewers have increasingly migrated to cable news channels, the role is still viewed as a coveted news assignment.
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Although anchors at the major broadcast networks have lost some cachet in the last decade as viewers have increasingly migrated to cable news channels, the role is still viewed as a coveted news assignment.
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Woods was worth as much as $1 billion in 2009, thanks to tournament winnings and a raft of major companies, including Nike, Gatorade and Tag Huer, eagerly cozying up to his cachet, according to Forbes.
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MOMA mounted a massive South Seas show in 1945 giving the artifacts cultural cachet and the ratification of Hawaii’s statehood in 1959 put a patriotic gloss on this emerging style.
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Origin and Etymology of cachet
French, from cacher
Medical Dictionary
cachet
playMedical Definition of cachet
: a medicinal preparation for swallowing consisting of a case usually of rice-flour paste containing an unpleasant-tasting medicine—called also wafer, wafer capsule
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