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Conspicuous
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prominent
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Word definitions for prominent in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant. 2 Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous. 3 eminent; distinguished above others.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prominent \Prom"i*nent\, a. [L. prominens, -entis, p. pr. of prominere to jut out, to project; pro before, forward + minere (in comp.) to jut, project: cf. F. prominent. See Imminent , Eminent .] Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of something; ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., "projecting, jutting out," from Latin prominentem (nominative prominens ) "prominent," present participle of prominere "jut or stand out, be prominent, overhang," from pro- "before, forward" (see pro- ) + minere "to project," from minae "projections, ...
Usage examples of prominent.
Colborne, as exceptions to the class of cases fit to be included in an amnesty, there must probably among the prisoners be some flagrant and prominent cases of delinquency, which it would not be just or advisable to comprehend in the general lenity.
He looked about curiously for the amazingly lifelike statuette that the superintendent had so enjoyed displaying and was pleased to find the graceful figure prominent on a bookshelf to the right.
The two most prominent representatives of the Anarchist idea in America, Voltairine de Cleyre and Emma Goldman--the one a native American, the other a Russian--have been converted, like numerous others, to the ideas of Anarchism by the judicial murder.
The Apostolical Succession, the two prominent sacraments, and the primitive Creeds, belonged, indeed, to the latter, but there had been and was far less strictness on matters of dogma and ritual in the Anglican system than in the Roman: in consequence, my main argument for the Anglican claims lay in the positive and special charges, which I could bring against Rome.
The organization would oversee the early phase of the occupation and Garner would eventually be succeeded by a more prominent political appointee, such as a Republican former state governor.
One of her fellow students cha3 to be Richard Dryer, the son of a prominent banket Montana.
To The Shadow, the death of so prominent an individual as Josiah Bartram signified a possible reawakening of crime in Holmsford.
In the society of Friends he was prominent, and, like Thomas Eddy and Robert Bowne, he was occupied with hospitals, and ever zealous in good works.
There, too, were a number of the lords, each with a band of brilliantly attired attendants, and prominent among them was Nasta, stroking his black beard meditatively and looking unusually pleasant.
Who are they that send these same globules, on which he experimented, accompanied by a little book, into families, whose members are thought competent to employ them, when they deny any such capacity to a man whose life has been passed at the bedside of patients, the most prominent teacher in the first Medical Faculty in the world, the consulting physician of the King of France, and one of the most renowned practical writers, not merely of his nation, but of his age?
His testimony at the inquest sounded perfectly logical and so finely informed that it was hard to understand how such a prominent extroverted witness could possibly have escaped being quoted -- or at least mentioned-- by the dozens of newsmen, investigators and assorted tipsters with access to the Salazar story.
If there was one thing that was prominent about Ann Louise, it was her figure, and the notion of a mastectomy seemed like a desecration.
This gigantic monument was the most prominent object in sight, with the exception of the sacred temple, which Sah-luma presently pointed out,--a round, fortress-like piece of architecture ornamented with twelve gilded towers from which bells were now clashing and jangling in a storm of melodious persistency.
As acute suppression of the menses is due to derangement of the circulation of the blood, caused by taking cold, by violent excitement of the propensities or excessively strong emotional experience, the prominent indication is to secure its speedy equalization.
Many of the familiar drinks of to-day were unknown to them, but their hard cider, mint julep, metheglin, hot toddy, and lemonade in which the lemon was not at all prominent, sometimes made lively work for the broad-brimmed hats and silver knee-buckles.