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# prominent

«prominent» in Mova's school dictionary: **easy to see because it stands out or sticks out** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (prominent, more prominent, most prominent)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Prominent means easy to see because it stands out or sticks out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominent/#m1)

2) A prominent person is important and well known. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominent/#m2)

3) Prominent means important or noticeable in a situation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominent/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In descriptions and stories it describes features (a prominent nose) and places (a prominent hill). In news it describes famous people. In art and writing: put the title in a prominent place. Phrases: «a prominent place», «a prominent role», «a prominent figure».

### examples

- Put the poster in a prominent place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominent/#x1)
- The castle stands on a prominent hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominent/#x2)
- She is a prominent scientist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominent/#x3)
- He has a prominent chin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominent/#x4)
- Safety signs must be prominent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominent/#x5)
- Football plays a prominent part in his life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominent/#x6)
- A prominent writer visited our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominent/#x7)
- The bird has prominent red feathers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominent/#x8)
- On the whole she is the most prominent among the strange figures with which the Skazkas make us acquainted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prominent/#x9)

### note

Spelling -ent: prom-in-ent. Noun: prominence. Opposite: inconspicuous, unknown.

### Trees and pragmatics

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