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prominence::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, protrusion, protuberance, swelling |
| Type of | projection |
| Has types | frontal eminence, wart, caput, mogul, nub, nubble, occipital protuberance, snag, belly |
he stood on the rocky prominence.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | importance |
| Derivation | prominent |
prominence::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | standing |
| Has types | salience, limelight, saliency, strikingness, spotlight, public eye, glare |
| Derivation | prominent |
Examples of prominence
prominence
This year's outgoing class brought the Lions to prominence in three short years.
From the stltoday.com
He brought Memphis back to prominence and then dominance in the blink of an eye.
From the washingtonpost.com
Both burst into national prominence by hitting big shots in the NCAA tournament.
From the washingtonpost.com
Then, this decade, he returned a dormant Memphis program to national prominence.
From the kentucky.com
But some state-controlled newspapers have given unusual prominence to the issue.
From the economist.com
The Poles should take comfort from their newfound prominence in a united Europe.
From the economist.com
He took a regional bank to national prominence through sheer managerial ability.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Navalny's rise to prominence in the Russian opposition movement was no accident.
From the time.com
As such, much debate persist over the prominence of stasis in the fossil record.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
- Relative importance
- Bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
- (prominent) outstanding: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a ...
- (prominent) big: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen"
- In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop (in North America), or prime factor (in Europe), is a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains, also known as peaks. ...
- Prominence may refer to: * Solar prominence, a phenomenon occurring on the Sun *Topographic prominence, a categorization of hills or mountains * Maxillary prominence, a facial bone *Prominence (phonetics) in linguistic expressions
- In linguistics, stress is the relative emphasis that may be given to certain syllables in a word, or to certain words in a phrase or sentence. The term is also used for similar patterns of phonetic prominence inside syllables. The word accent is sometimes also used with this sense.
- (prominent) Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant; Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous; Eminent; distinguished above others
