prominent role
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprominentandrole
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prominent
adjective
uk/ˈprɒm.ɪ.nənt/us/ˈprɑː.mə.nənt/
very well known ...
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role
noun[C]
uk/rəʊl/us/roʊl/
the position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation, organization, society, ...
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(Definition ofprominentandrolefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The latter in particular has played aprominentrolein the literature as a key diagnostic for determining the syntactic head of pseudopartitives.
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All symptoms are not created equal : theprominentrolein hyperarousal in the natural course of posttraumatic psychological distress.
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The same negative image was commonly expressed where grandparents played aprominentrolein school-related activities.
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These matrices play aprominentrolebecause of their deep mathematical structure.
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Theprominentroleof the thumb during prehensile tasks is due to its position and mobility, thereby affording the hand its dextrous ability.
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It is likely that lateralization plays aprominentrolein the development of many of the most sophisticated neurocognitive abilities.
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Both the miners and the railway workers played aprominentrolein the conference.
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However, this pathway is likely to play aprominentrolein dark adaptation.
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In other words, when directives grant more discretion to member states, politics at the national level play a moreprominentrole.
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The word "cut" also plays aprominentrolein many of the concepts that involves "cutting" open the shell.
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Typological thinking is related to visual thinking, which plays such aprominentrolein design.
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Itsprominentroleis caused by force of habit alone.
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One expects the extracellular loop domains to play aprominentrole.
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As information technologies take a moreprominentrolein the processing of information, the information upon which that governance is based must be accurate.
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Therefore, assumptions and explicit adaptation play aprominentrolein our architecture.
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In both cases, such expessions as "form of life," "culture," and especially "practice" play aprominentrole.
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It looks more or less impossible given theprominentroleof orthodox doctrine in religious thought.
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But it does not necessarily exclude aprominentrolefor gentlemanly capitalism in promoting imperial expansion.
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Critics even credit her with influencing the repertoire by insisting that every work performed give the mostprominentroleto her particular brand of soprano.
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