prominence
prominence
Definition
promi·nence (präm′ə nəns)
noun
- the state or quality of being prominent
- something that is prominent or that sticks out, as a hill
- Astron. any of the luminous clouds of solar gas arching from the chromosphere into the much hotter corona: best seen at the edge of the sun, as during an eclipse
Etymology: < MFr < L prominentia < prominens: see prominent
prominence
Synonyms
prominence
n.
A projection
jut, protrusion, bump; see bulge, projection.Notability
renown, influence, distinction; see fame 1.
prominence
Usage Examples
Preposition: as
- leader: He now seems to be coming to prominence as a leader of the church.
- center: In 1993, Staverton was renamed Gloucestershire Airport to reflect its increasing prominence as the business aviation center for the county.
Converse of object
- give: You rightly give prominence to the role of old father Thames in your document.
- gain: Why has it gained such prominence over the last year?
- assume: In various periods of long Hindu history, the different deities have assumed prominence.
- achieve: In such a world, heavily wooded nations like Sweden might have achieved global prominence.
- deserve: Whether it deserves the prominence granted it by this model is doubtful.
- accord: And why the lack of prominence accorded to Jennifer Jayne?
Adjective modifier
- bony: The causes are similar to Tennis Elbow Presentation: Pain over the bony prominence on the inner side of the elbow.
- undue: We would not expect to see similar undue prominence in any future series of the show broadcast on Bravo.
- prosodic: We show that information structure in English can only be analyzed concurrently with prosodic prominence and phrasing.
- equal: It is not the role of the media to give equal prominence to all news about an issue, whether good or bad.
- solar: The solar prominence, bottom left, has a temperature of some 70 000 °C.
- great: John Millar Andrews rose to even greater public prominence than his father.
Preposition: in
- 1980s: It came to prominence in the early 1980s, largely through the work of the American economist William Baumol.
- 1990s: About Gary Hume Gary Hume graduated from Goldsmiths College, London and came to prominence in the early 1990s.
- 1970s: This group achieved prominence in the 1970s by targeting and attacking Saddam's regime.
- 1960s: He rose to prominence in the 1960s with his regular appearance on The Frost Report where he met Ronnie Barker.
- debate: The issue of ballistic missile defense ( BMD ) has once again risen to prominence in the national security debate in the US.
- century: Mill John Stuart Mill was a London boy who came to prominence in the 19th century.
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