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Word: Prominence
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from Latin prominentia ‘jutting out’, from the verb prominere (see prominent)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈprɒmɪnəns
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the state of being important, famous, or noticeable
Short Definition:state of being famous or noticeable
Examples:- she came to prominence as an artist in the 1960s
- the commission gave the case a prominence which it might otherwise have escaped
Definition:
the fact or state of projecting from something
Short Definition:fact or state of projecting
Examples:- radiographs showed enlargement of the right heart with prominence of the pulmonary outflow tract
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