noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sb’s rise to prominence
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His rise to prominence would not have been possible without the war.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
given
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On the contrary, it is the formal properties of the device which are commonly given prominence .
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The speech received much applause, and my remarks about the regalia were given prominence in the next day's papers.
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In practice there is increasing evidence that the rights of parents under the Act are not always given prominence .
great
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Industry regulators proposed giving this information greater prominence and adding new features.
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Balancing the budget was always a fundamental element of the contract, but it assumed greater prominence as the year evolved.
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Johnson contradicted this, believing the comparisons would talk both books into greater prominence .
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The A.P.R. must always be given greater prominence than any statement relating to any other rate of charge. 6.
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Within this array of determining variables, great prominence is accorded to the ratio, the stock of real balances.
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With the increasing internationalisation of investment markets this area of our work is likely to expand and acquire even greater prominence .
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It is the second role which has recently come into greater prominence .
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Blanton was the crucial figure in giving the bass greater prominence .
national
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The Windscale site had begun to achieve a bad reputation well before its recent rise to national prominence under a new title.
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Like Smith a generation before him, Cohen was vaulted into national prominence .
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But it was as a leader of the unemployed that Hannington rose to national prominence .
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Of course nobody much resents the Bucks now, since they disappeared from national prominence almost as quickly as they arrived.
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That leaves Bush, in Texas, poised to reach national prominence as a Republican advocating a cooler approach to the issue.
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He first came to national prominence as a member of the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate investigation.
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Ten years later, Zhou took the first case that would catapult him into national prominence .
new
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This has always been a feature of political life, but has assumed new prominence since 1979.
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Proceedings around the Biennial this year give a new prominence to performing arts.
political
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Parliament and party became increasingly irrelevant, and trade unions and employers' associations came into positions of political prominence .
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Aside from its ascendency as an ecumenical center, Hanover was also rising to political prominence .
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Mora y Villamil held military and political prominence .
■ VERB
achieve
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Kirton first achieved coaching prominence in London and, on his return to New Zealand, eventually took over the Wellington side.
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Only lately had experiments with iron sheathing been achieving prominence .
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She would not achieve this position of prominence through conquest but through example and inspiration.
assume
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This has always been a feature of political life, but has assumed new prominence since 1979.
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Balancing the budget was always a fundamental element of the contract, but it assumed greater prominence as the year evolved.
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But it would be hazardous to assume that prominence and deviance are simply subjective and objective aspects of the same phenomenon.
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The family house itself assumes a special prominence which is unique to this class.
come
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It was then that Khomeini first came to prominence .
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He came to prominence as a speech writer for President Nixon.
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He first came to national prominence as a member of the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate investigation.
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The method came to prominence through the activities of Frederick Bligh Bond, a highly respected authority on medieval church architecture.
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An Olympic gold medallist in 1960, Ali came to prominence shortly before his assumption of the world heavyweight title in 1964.
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It is the second role which has recently come into greater prominence .
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He has, of course, come into recent prominence through a long association with the late Robert Maxwell.
gain
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These were the first men of less than fully aristocratic background to gain prominence through their merit.
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Bradley, a Hall of Fame pro basketball player, first gained prominence as a college hoops star at Princeton.
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The Huskies have gained their prominence partly at the expense of Cal.
give
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Perhaps the title of this translation gives it too much prominence .
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It is the kind of story that stays news, and that is why it must be given prominence .
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Metamorphosen is comparatively prosaic and suffers from a slightly top-heavy balance which gives undue prominence to the leader.
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The degree of emphasis given in each religion may vary considerably - some may not give it the prominence which another does.
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As a question of aesthetic value, it is hard to dispute Lonsdale's decision to give prominence to this material.
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The most developed of these, Meade's scheme for varying social insurance contributions, was given special prominence .
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The complexity is natural, given the prominence of media in daily life.
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I was determined to give it maximum prominence .
increase
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The increasing prominence of licence revenues in the trading account lends an additional degree of scaleability into the revenue model.
rise
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Como was defeated, but gradually rose again to prominence .
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Aside from its ascendency as an ecumenical center, Hanover was also rising to political prominence .
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Though their long history from the early Cambrian to the present different groups of articulate brachiopods rose to prominence only to decline.
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Together, they showcase his combustible bop chops and sublime ballad skills, as well as his meteoric rise to prominence .
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Wei first rose to prominence during the brief 1978-79 interlude of free speech known as the Democracy Wall movement.
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Born into poverty, Jimenez never forgot his origins as he rose to prominence in the church.
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But it was as a leader of the unemployed that Hannington rose to national prominence .
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She married Jose in 1963 and played an important supporting role as he rose to prominence in the business world.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
shoot to fame/stardom/prominence
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In 1929 she shot to stardom on Broadway in a Noel Coward play.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Forbes' long, slow climb back to prominence is associated with two men: its owner and his editor.
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Mora y Villamil held military and political prominence .
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Only lately had experiments with iron sheathing been achieving prominence .
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The prominence of the legislative veto mechanism in our contemporary political system and its importance to Congress can hardly be overstated.
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The fourteenth Earl of Home had been marked for prominence since childhood.
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The question stylistics must consider is: how are these three concepts of deviance, prominence , and foregrounding interrelated?
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This has largely led to a reduction in overall-activity, but the control of mosquitoes by means of insecticide retains its prominence .
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This is realized phonologically as a tone group, with the peak of prominence or tonic accent falling on the new element.