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  1. adjective Projecting outward or upward from a line or surface; protuberant.
  2. adjective Immediately noticeable; conspicuous. See Synonyms at noticeable.
  3. adjective Widely known; eminent.

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  1. Middle English, from Latin prōminēns, prōminent-, present participle of prōminēre, to jut out : prō-, forth; see pro-1 + -minēre, to jut, threaten; see men-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French prominent = Spanish Portuguese Italian prominente, from Latin prominen(t-)s, present participle of prominere, project, jut out, from pro, forth, + minere, project, jut. Cf. eminent, imminent.
 

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