Associations to the word «Prominence»

Wiktionary

PROMINENCE, noun. The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
PROMINENCE, noun. Relative importance.
PROMINENCE, noun. A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
PROMINENCE, noun. (topography) Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.

Dictionary definition

PROMINENCE, noun. The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
PROMINENCE, noun. Relative importance.
PROMINENCE, noun. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King