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 Definitions of prominence  [ˈprɒm ə nəns]  

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Definition of 'prominence' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) prominence
Also, promi&syl;nen&sylnb;cy. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.

2.  prominence
something that is prominent; a projection or protuberance:
a prominence high over a ravine.

3.  prominence
an eruption of a flamelike tongue of relatively cool, high-density gas from the solar chromosphere into the corona.

Etymology:  (1590–1600; < L)

Definition of 'prominence' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) prominence
the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent

2. (noun) prominence
relative importance

3. (noun) bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
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"


Definition of 'prominence' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) prominence
the state of being well-known or distinctive
her prominence as a party leader; a company that gained prominence in the 1990s


Definition of 'prominence' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) prominence
alt. of Prominency


Translation of 'prominence' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: famous
a prominent politician.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: beroemdheid Arabic flag Arabic: بُروز، نُتوء، شُهْرَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: издаденост
Brazilian flag Brazilian: saliência Czech flag Czech: důležitost German flag German: das Hervorragen
Danish flag Danish: fremtrædende stilling Greek flag Greek: σπουδαιότητα, υπεροχή Spanish flag Spanish: prominencia; importancia
Estonian flag Estonian: prominentsus Farsi flag Farsi: برآمدگی؛ اهمیت Finnish flag Finnish: asema
French flag French: importance Hebrew flag Hebrew: הַבלָטָה Hindi flag Hindi: उदग्रता, उत्सेध, उत्कर्ष,
Hungarian flag Hungarian: kiemelkedés Indonesian flag Indonesian: kemashuran Icelandic flag Icelandic: mikilvægi, fremd
Italian flag Italian: prominenza, importanza Japanese flag Japanese: 目立つこと Korean flag Korean: 두드러짐, 현저, 유명
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: aukšta padėtis, ryški vie Latvian flag Latvian: prominence; izcilība; izc Malay flag Malay: penting
Dutch flag Dutch: opvallendheid, bekendheid Norwegian flag Norwegian: framstående stilling; bet Polish flag Polish: wzniecenie, rozgłos
Persian flag Persian: برآمدگی؛ اهمیت Pashto flag Pashto: اهميت،څرګندوالى Portuguese flag Portuguese: saliência
Romanian flag Romanian: proeminenţă; impor­tanţă Russian flag Russian: выступ; известность Slovak flag Slovak: dôležitosť
Slovenian flag Slovenian: pomembnost Serbian flag Serbian: vidljivost Swedish flag Swedish: framskjuten ställning, be
Thai flag Thai: คุณสมบัติเด่น Turkish flag Turkish: ünlülük Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 突出
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: опуклість; виступ Urdu flag Urdu: ابھار، شہرت Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự nổi trội; tình trạng n
Chinese flag Chinese: 突出

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