Prominence Meaning
/ˈpɹɒ.mɪ.nəns/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
nounRelative importance.
Sentence Examples
With the appearance of a promising new writer, the aging novelist fell from prominence.
His chin had the prominence and squareness which mark the man of determination.
Richa rose to prominence after her third album, titled "Moonlight Whispers".
CEFR Practice Quiz
The actor rose to ____ after his role in a hit movie.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The scientist rose to ____ after her groundbreaking research was published in a leading journal.
Word Origin & History
From obsolete French prominence (compare proéminence), from Latin prominentia.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"“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.”"
— 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
"In 1949, the simple premise of discovering ordinary people who have hidden, extraordinary talents came to prominence in the UK with Opportunity Knocks, which started out as a nationwide touring radio show, before moving onto TV in 1956."
— 2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The actor rose to ____ after his role in a hit movie.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The scientist rose to ____ after her groundbreaking research was published in a leading journal.