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UK
/pɹˈɒmɪnənt/
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[ US /ˈpɹɑmənənt/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹɑmənənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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conspicuous in position or importance
he's very large in financial circles
a big figure in the movement
big man on campus
a prominent citizen -
having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book
a striking resemblance between parent and child
salient traits
a spectacular rise in prices
an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom
a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center
How To Use prominent In A Sentence
- In the receding angle below the chin is the hyoid bone, and the finger can be carried along the bone to the tip of the greater cornu, which is on a level with the angle of the mandible: the greater cornu is most readily appreciated by making pressure on one side, when the cornu of the opposite side will be rendered prominent and can be felt distinctly beneath the skin. XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 1. Surface Anatomy of the Head and Neck
- Iron is absorbed in the proximal small intestine, where celiac manifestations are most prominent; hence, iron malabsorption is common.
- The gossip columnist was paid to chronicle the latest escapades of the socially prominent celebrities.
- Named Tecumseh after the Shawnee leader, he was rechristened William in a Catholic ceremony at age 9, after he was informally adopted by a prominent Ohio politician when his father died.
- The cup-marked stone shown below, in the Sma’ Glen, near Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, is situated in a large man-made concave-shaped amphitheatre in the hills, and has a prominent dumb-bell shaped cup-mark on its surface.
- The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens
- The prominent winds and brass, and unusual sonorities like the harsh Chinese cymbals that convey Hippolyt's disgust at Phaedra's advances, increase the piece's hard-edge quality. Divided Inside, in Theme and Structure
- Verreaux's sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi) are the most prominent inhabitants of Kirindy.
- The backer has since taken a more prominent role. Times, Sunday Times
- When I'm not in the production rooms, most of the time I'm wearing a beige shirt, a brown suit jacket with the TWR logo prominently on the front and a plain brown lavalava of similar material.