Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or condition of being prominent.
- noun Something prominent, especially an area of land raised above its surroundings.
- noun Anatomy A small projection or protuberance.
- noun Astronomy A tonguelike cloud of luminous gas rising from the sun's surface, visible as part of the corona during a total solar eclipse.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The property of being prominent; a standing or jutting out from the surface of something; also, that which juts out; protuberance: as, the prominence of a joint; the prominence of a rock or cliff; the prominences of the face.
- noun The state of being conspicuous; conspicuousness; distinction; notoriety.
- noun See the adjectives.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being prominent; a standing out from something; conspicuousness.
- noun That which is prominent; a protuberance.
- noun (Astron.) See Solar Protuberances, under
Protuberance .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
prominent : widely known oreminent - noun
relative importance - noun A
bulge : something that bulges out or isprotuberant orprojects from a form - noun Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of
hills andmountains
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- noun relative importance
- noun the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
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Examples
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At the end of the term prominence brought its reward: Missy failed in
Missy Dana Gatlin
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As Tea Partyers gain prominence, the BBAJ creative team may have even intensified their criticism in the uptown transfer.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Is Bloody Awful David Finkle 2010
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Though they will be competitive this fall, a return to national prominence is probably at least a year away.
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As the cloud gains in prominence, and is increasingly seen as the next generation computing model, hardware, software and networking companies are buddying up to create a data center that runs like a computer.
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One important thing I have noticed through the five episodes so far is that Jack has really taken a step backwards in prominence among the main characters this season.
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As Tea Partyers gain prominence, the BBAJ creative team may have even intensified their criticism in the uptown transfer.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Is Bloody Awful David Finkle 2010
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Living proof that RNC prominence is fading and the ovine followers are dwindling in number since savvy people are beginning to see the light instead of being allowed to be smitten by blind fanaticism.
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They need to realize that hispanics and blacks are rising in prominence in our country and the day that the rich white guy could rule everything is ending.
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Kennedy forever, and John Kerry for a heck of a long time, and the power of incumbency, together with few opportunities for local Republicans to gain prominence, has made Dems look stronger than they really were.
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One important thing I have noticed through the five episodes so far is that Jack has really taken a step backwards in prominence among the main characters this season.
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