PROMINENCE


Meaning of PROMINENCE in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ great

▪ growing , increased , increasing

▪ equal

▪ special

a performance which gives a special ~ to the part of Hamlet's mother

▪ due , undue (both esp. BrE )

▪ international , national

▪ political , public

VERB + PROMINENCE

▪ achieve , come into , come to , gain , rise to , shoot to ( esp. BrE )

She came to national ~ as an artist in the 1960s.

▪ bring sb/sth into , bring sb/sth to , give sb/sth

His account gives due ~ to the role of the king.

PHRASES

▪ a place of ~ , a position of ~

The former rebels were given positions of ~ in the new government.

▪ a rise to ~

The city's rise to ~ as a port began in the early 19th century.

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