# prominent

Pronunciation: say "PRO-mi-nuhnt" US /ˈpɹɑmɪnənt/, UK /ˈpɹɒmɪnənt/

## Adjective

1. Eminent and widely respected; ranking above others in importance or reputation.
   - Simple: Very important and well known among other people.
   - _The conference attracted several prominent economists from leading universities._
   - _He became a prominent figure in the civil rights movement._
2. Likely to draw attention because of its size or position; highly noticeable.
   - Simple: Easy to see or notice because of its size or place.
   - _The museum gave the painting a prominent spot at the entrance._
   - _Her scar was prominent enough to notice from across the room._
3. Standing out from a surface; projecting or jutting outward.
   - Simple: Sticking out or pushing forward from a surface.
   - _The statue's prominent nose was its most striking feature._
   - _Veins stood prominent on the back of his weathered hands._

## Noun

4. In Nazi concentration camps, an inmate given minor supervisory duties over fellow prisoners and rewarded with special privileges.
   - Simple: In Nazi camps, a prisoner given some power over other prisoners and rewarded with better treatment.
   - _The prominent distributed the bread rations and reported any trouble to the guards._
   - _Survivors recalled how a single prominent could make daily life easier or unbearable._
5. Any of various moths distinguished by a conspicuous projection along the inner margin of the wings.
   - Simple: A kind of moth with a small tuft sticking out on the inner edge of its wings.
   - _The collector pinned a freshly caught prominent beside its handwritten label._
   - _At dusk, a prominent settled on the oak, its wing tuft clearly visible._

## Origin

From obsolete French prominent, from Latin prōminēns, the present participle of prōmineō ("to jut out, to project"), formed from prō ("before, forward") plus mineō ("to jut, project").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/prominent (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).