Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.

    призна́ниеpriznánije, изве́стностьizvéstnostʹ

    the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent

  2. (countable, uncountable)Relative importance.

    relative importance or fame

  3. (countable, uncountable)A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.

    Protuberanz

    вы́пуклостьvýpuklostʹ, вы́ступvýstup

    something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

  4. (countable, uncountable)Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.

    относительная высота́otnositelʹnaja vysotá

  5. (countable, uncountable)A gaseous projection, often loop-shaped, springing from the surface of the Sun or a star.

    Protuberanz

Examples

4 sentences
  1. His chin had the prominence and squareness which mark the man of determination.

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  2. With the appearance of a promising new writer, the aging novelist fell from prominence.

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  3. Richa rose to prominence after her third album, titled "Moonlight Whispers".

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  4. The Kabyle dialect's prominence in Algeria has paved the way for the development of a standardized Berber language.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
being prominent:
bulge:
relative height:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
bulge:

Origin

From obsolete French prominence (compare proéminence), from Latin prominentia.

From obsolete French prominence (compare proéminence), from Latin prominentia.

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Forms

plural: prominences
Singularprominence
Pluralprominences

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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