prominence
- noun
- /ˈprɑːmɪnəns/
- Interscholastic sport has long held a position of prominence in American public education.
- rise to prominence
- gain prominence
- come to prominence
Feelings, meaning emotional feelings, start to grow in their prominence, in my awareness and in my perception.
- Feelings, meaning emotional feelings, start to grow in their prominence, in my awareness and in my perception.
- They actually facilitated his rise to prominence on purpose so they could control the business.
- Crypto rose to prominence with the core promise of trustless transactions.
- But he and some of his fans, followers were very important in raising this author and this series to prominence.
- You know, this is a big thing right now because certain people of prominence just got in a little bit of trouble and convicted of a certain amount of counts.
- But if if you if you put yourself in a position of prominence, then you've got to be able to accept people slagging you off.
- And that conversation had a lot of traction for a number of years because a, it gave architecture a new kind of prominence.
- And he came to prominence by latching on to the nuclear core.
- And now it comes into the light or prominence, whatever we want to call it, of consciousness.
- At which point does Moscow become come to prominence as the centre of the Russian Empire?
- He sees that as an arrogant attack on the on the role on the prominence of God and the significance of God.
Examples
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The former special prosecutor achieved national prominence while exposing vast corruption in the defense procurement process.
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Yet it continues to retain its international prominence in new and different ways.
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So I, I think our party does need, you know, to, to maintain its prominence on that issue.
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Here we give prominence to other things, Robert.
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I walk into book shops all the time, and I just wish my book had the prominence it does.
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Why then has institutional research increased in prominence within community college mission statements?
Academic text (2015) -
Several themes received particular prominence across these 28 focus group conversations.
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Hugh Thomas first came to public prominence in 1961 with his acclaimed study, The Spanish Civil War.
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Such references to Catholic practices and symbols suggested the religion's prominence in Portuguese society.
Academic text (2017) -
The scientist gained significant prominence after her groundbreaking research was published in a major journal.
Synonyms
A quality that makes something have great value or effect
Being known by many people for something you did
The level of public attention a person or group receives
The quality of being very important and admired for skill or achievements
A job or position that gets a lot of public attention
Being famous and known by many people
The respect and importance someone or something has because of their success
How much a person or thing is noticed by many people
Public attention when someone is the center of interest
Wide fame and respect for someone's work or good qualities
Being well known
How easy something is to see or notice
Being known by many people and recognized in public
Antonyms
Compounds
How Prominent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Prominence comes from Latin parts pro- 'forward' and minere 'to jut out', and it is related to the word eminent. So, prominence means being 'in front' in attention — easily noticed, important, or famous.