[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prominence.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / prominence

[← P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/P/)

# prominence

«prominence» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being well known or important: «She rose to prominence as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (prominence, uncountable; a prominence — a raised part)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Being well known or important: «She rose to prominence as a singer.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominence/#m1)

2) Being easy to see or notice: «The story was given prominence on the front page.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominence/#m2)

3) A part that sticks out or up, like a hill or a bump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominence/#m3)

4) (science) A huge loop of glowing gas rising from the surface of the Sun (a solar prominence). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominence/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history and news, people «rise to prominence»; in geography it means a raised piece of land; in space science a solar prominence is a giant arc of hot gas. Phrases: «rise to prominence», «give prominence to», «gain prominence», «solar prominence».

### examples

- She rose to prominence after winning the talent show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominence/#x1)
- The newspaper gave the school play great prominence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominence/#x2)
- The castle stands on a rocky prominence above the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominence/#x3)
- A solar prominence can be bigger than the whole Earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominence/#x4)
- The bump of the nose bone is a small prominence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominence/#x5)
- Recycling has gained prominence in recent years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominence/#x6)

### note

Mostly uncountable for importance; countable for a raised part (prominences). Adjective: prominent; adverb: prominently. Do not confuse with «promise» or «permanence».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prominence» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominence/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.