prominence

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
  2. noun relative importance
  3. noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

Etymology

From obsolete French prominence (compare proéminence), from Latin prominentia.

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