PROMINENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prominent mean? 

• PROMINENT (adjective)
  The adjective PROMINENT has 2 senses:

1. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

2. conspicuous in position or importance

  Familiarity information: PROMINENT used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROMINENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

Synonyms:

outstanding; prominent; salient; spectacular; striking

Context example:

a striking resemblance between parent and child

Similar:

conspicuous (obvious to the eye or mind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Conspicuous in position or importance

Synonyms:

big; large; prominent

Context example:

a prominent citizen

Similar:

conspicuous (obvious to the eye or mind)

Derivation:

prominence (relative importance)

prominence (the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent)

 Context examples 

Terminology for the test names concerned with the distinguishing qualities or prominent aspect of a person, object, action, process, or substance.

(CDISC SEND Subject Characteristic Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Terminology for the test codes concerned with the distinguishing qualities or prominent aspect of a person, object, action, process, or substance.

(CDISC SEND Subject Characteristic Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

In some cases, the cells may display nuclear atypia and prominent nucleoli.

(Borderline Ovarian Clear Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of prominent cystic spaces lined with clear or hobnail cells.

(Borderline Ovarian Clear Cell Cystadenofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

They found that it too had prominent macrofibril structures.

(Revealing the nanostructure of wood could help raise height limits for wooden skyscrapers, University of Cambridge)

The clean edges and filamentary structures of the tail suggest that magnetic fields play a prominent role in shaping it.

(Hubble Sees Plunging Galaxy Losing Its Gas, NASA)

A WHO grade I meningioma characterized by the presence of a prominent mesenchymal component.

(Metaplastic Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

These cells have large, vesicular nuclei, prominent nucleoli and a clear, glycogen-rich cytoplasm.

(Central Nervous System Germinoma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

Mars is the natural ruler of your eleventh house of friendships, hopes, and wishes and will have a prominent role to play all year.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The cells display nuclear atypia and prominent nucleoli.

(Borderline Ovarian Clear Cell Adenofibroma with Intraepithelial Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)