PROMINENT


Meaning of PROMINENT in English

[adjective] - very noticeable, well known or importantThe recent fraud scandal involved and discredited a number of the country's most prominent politicians.The government should be playing a more prominent role/part in promoting human rights.Something might be prominent because it sticks out from a surface.She has a rather prominent chin/nose.Something might also be prominent because it is in a position in which it is easily seen.New books were displayed in a prominent position on tables at the front of the shop.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.