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Prominence

//ˈpɹɑ.mɪ.nəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent. countable, uncountable

    "“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”"

  2. 2
    relative importance or fame wordnet
  3. 3
    Relative importance. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings wordnet
  5. 5
    A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent wordnet
  2. 7
    Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A gaseous projection, often loop-shaped, springing from the surface of the Sun or a star. countable, uncountable

Etymology

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

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