different between elevated vs prominent

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?ve?t?d/
• Hyphenation: el?e?vated

Verb

elevated

1. simple past tense and past participle of elevate

Adjective

elevated (comparative more elevated, superlative most elevated)

1. Raised, particularly above ground level.
2. Increased, particularly above a normal level.

   the elevated language of poetry

3. Of a higher rank or status.
4. (computing) Running with administration rights granted

   Install all the required tools from an elevated console.

5. (archaic, slang) intoxicated; drunk

Translations

Noun

elevated (plural elevateds)

1. (US) An elevated railway.
   • 1934, Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man, New York: Knopf, Chapter 16,^[1]

     Mr. Nunheim’s home was on the fourth floor of a dark, damp, and smelly building made noisy by the Sixth Avenue elevated.

   • 2012, Roger P. Roess, Gene Sansone, The Wheels That Drove New York

     While the New York, Fordham, and Bronx Railway never built any elevateds, its franchise rights were valuable.

English

Etymology

From obsolete French prominent (compare proéminent), from Latin pr?min?ns, present active participle of pr?mine? (“jut out, to project”), from pr? (“before, forward”) + mine? (in compounds, “jut, project”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??m?n?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??m?n?nt/
• Hyphenation: prom?i?nent

Adjective

prominent (comparative more prominent, superlative most prominent)

1. standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant

   Synonyms: extuberant, outstanding

2. likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous

   Synonyms: attention-grabbing, eye-catching, flashy

3. eminent; distinguished above others

   Synonyms: eminent, forestanding, noteworthy; see also Thesaurus:notable

Derived terms

• improminent
• prominently

Related terms

• prominence

Translations

See also

• imminent
• eminent

Further reading

• prominent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• prominent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• prominent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pr?min?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /p?o.mi?nent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /p?u.mi?nen/

Adjective

prominent (masculine and feminine plural prominents)

1. prominent

Related terms

• prominència

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

prominent (comparative prominenter, superlative prominentst)

1. prominent

Inflection

German

Etymology

From Latin pr?min?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p?omi?n?nt]
• Hyphenation: pro?mi?nent

Adjective

prominent (comparative prominenter, superlative am prominentesten)

1. prominent

Declension

Further reading

• “prominent” in Duden online

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pro?.mi.nent/, [?p?o?m?n?n?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pro.mi.nent/, [?p???min?n?t?]

Verb

pr?minent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of pr?mine?

Polish

Noun

prominent m pers

1. eminent person; distinguished above others; VIP

Declension

Derived terms