prominence
/ˈpɹɑ.mɪ.nəns/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "“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.”"
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: prominentia
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɹɑ.mɪ.nəns/
- British English: /ˈpɹɒm.ɪ.nəns/