Get to know Prominent better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like conspicuous or outstanding.
Prominent meaning
- Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.
- Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous.
- Eminent; distinguished above others.
Synonyms of Prominent
Using Prominent
- The main meaning on this page is: Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant. | Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous. | Eminent; distinguished above others.
- Useful related words include: conspicuous, outstanding, salient, spectacular.
- In the example corpus, prominent often appears in combinations such as: most prominent, prominent role, and prominent.
Context around Prominent
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 13 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Prominent
- In this selection, "prominent" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, equally, users, first, role, nigerians and dark stand out and add context to how "prominent" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a more prominent role working, also about prominent former athletes, prominent role and prominent figure. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "prominent" sits close to words such as legacy, gained and engaged, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with prominent
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Prominent users Prominent organizations and products that use PostgreSQL as the primary database include: * Yahoo! (15 words)
Females have slightly more prominent breasts, in contrast to the flat breasts of other female apes, although not so prominent as those of humans. (24 words)
According to NFL reporter Jordan Schultz, the Steelers are planning to have Canada take on a more prominent role working with quarterback Kenny Pickett. (24 words)
According to a PTI report, one of the points that Biden made on meeting Modi was the large number of requests that he was getting from prominent citizens to attend the Indian leader’s programmes during his next month state visit to Washington DC. (44 words)
For many years, he was a major presence in the Japanese art world, selling a great number of works to prominent collectors such as John Spaulding of Boston, and to prominent museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (42 words)
A bipartisan proposal to shore up the financial future of key federal trust funds that help fund Social Security, Medicare, and highway programs may play a prominent role in the debate over raising America's debt limit in the months ahead. (41 words)
Prominent users Prominent organizations and products that use PostgreSQL as the primary database include: * Yahoo! (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
Venezuela appointed the Chief Justice of the United States and an equally prominent American judge and Britain appointed two equally prominent British judges with De Maatens, a very respected and prominent Russian judge as Chairman.
And she said that makes this series useful from two fronts, educating listeners about prominent businesswomen and their sports background, but also about prominent former athletes and what they’re doing in business.
He has also been on the road meeting with prominent and not so prominent Nigerians, making many policy statements about what he will do if elected president.
Obasanjo had on Thursday in Abeokuta, Ogun, after a closed door meeting with Atiku, some prominent PDP members and some other prominent Nigerians, pledged to support Atiku Abubakar’s presidential bid, as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party.
One of the most prominent was former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who is now chairman of Russia’s state oil company Rosneft and one of the most prominent Western voices arguing for an end to sanctions against Russia.
Deep-sky objects The Coalsack Nebula is the most prominent dark nebula in the skies, easily visible to the naked eye as a prominent dark patch in the southern Milky Way.
Education Strabo studied under several prominent teachers of various specialties throughout his early life He mentions all or most of his teachers as prominent citizens of their own respective cities.
Females have slightly more prominent breasts, in contrast to the flat breasts of other female apes, although not so prominent as those of humans.
For many years, he was a major presence in the Japanese art world, selling a great number of works to prominent collectors such as John Spaulding of Boston, and to prominent museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Prominent users Prominent organizations and products that use PostgreSQL as the primary database include: * Yahoo!
The gender balance among prominent directors has changed considerable through the period, and at the end of the period, 107 women and 117 men were prominent directors.
A bipartisan proposal to shore up the financial future of key federal trust funds that help fund Social Security, Medicare, and highway programs may play a prominent role in the debate over raising America's debt limit in the months ahead.
About the only prominent media personality that gave the Nuggets any respect this winter was Charles Barkley of TNT, who contended that Denver would win the NBA title due to their depth.
According to a PTI report, one of the points that Biden made on meeting Modi was the large number of requests that he was getting from prominent citizens to attend the Indian leader’s programmes during his next month state visit to Washington DC.
According to emerging reports, Salihu stands accused of engaging in friendly relations with the esteemed governor of Adamawa State and prominent member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
According to NFL reporter Jordan Schultz, the Steelers are planning to have Canada take on a more prominent role working with quarterback Kenny Pickett.
Addressing the briefing he said that for the first time prominent Buddhist monks from various countries will visit India and take part in the Summit.
A Different World, a spin-off of The Cosby Show, was her first prominent role, playing college student Lena James from 1991 to 1993.
A “donos” was the basis of a criminal probe that led to the jailing of a prominent poetess for “justifying terrorism” with an award-winning play.
After being a prominent moment in the comics, Glenn's Season 7 fate was assumed by most and foreshadowed even more in the episodes before it.
Phrases with prominent
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with prominent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- most prominent 23×
- prominent role 12×
- and prominent 11×
- more prominent 8×
- as prominent 7×
- prominent figure 7×
- prominent in 7×
- is prominent 7×
- several prominent 6×
- of prominent 6×