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   dominant

   /ˈdɒmɪnənt/

   adjective

   • 1. having power and influence over others: "they are now in an even more dominant position in the market" Similar presidingrulinggoverningcontrollingcommandingascendantsupremeauthoritativemost influentialmost powerfulsuperiorrare:prepotentprepollentassertiveself-assuredself-possessedauthoritativeforcefuldomineeringcommandingcontrollingbullishinformal:feistynot backward in coming forwardpushyrare:pushfulOpposite subservientsubmissive
   • ▪ (of a high place) overlooking others.
   • ▪ relating to or denoting heritable characteristics which are controlled by genes that are expressed in offspring even when inherited from only one parent: "it is the dominant gene causing polydactyly"
   • ▪ denoting the predominant species in a plant (or animal) community: "red spruce is a dominant species in many types of forest"
   • ▪ (in decision theory) denoting a choice that is at least as good as the alternatives in all circumstances, and better in some: "holding back is here a dominant strategy"

   noun

   • 1. a dominant trait or gene: "this disorder is inherited as a dominant"
   • ▪ a dominant species in a plant (or animal) community: "oak is a long-established dominant"
   • 2. the fifth note of the diatonic scale of any key, or the key based on this, considered in relation to the key of the tonic.

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin dominant- ‘ruling, governing’, from the verb dominari (see dominate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. dominantly adverb

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   Someone or something that is dominant is more powerful, successful, influential, or noticeable than other people or things. ...a change which would maintain his party's dominant position in Scotland. She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.

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   • The term 'dominance' refers to the act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority, often when arbitrary or insolent. It can also be used to describe a species or organism that is dominant in its environment, or a ruling party or party in power.

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   • Something or someone dominates when they have or exert strong authority or mastery. For example, ambition dominates their lives. A drug company dominates the tranquilizer market. A view from the cliffside chalet that dominates the valley. Ruling arrogantly or overbearing. A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. Grasses dominate most salt marshes.

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   • She was a dominant figure in the French film industry. A dominant gene is one that produces a particular characteristic, whether a person has only one of these genes from one parent, or two genes, one from each parent. Compare recessive. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. a. b. a. b. a. b.

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   Dominant definition: ruling, governing, or controlling; having or exerting authority or influence. See examples of DOMINANT used in a sentence.

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   adjective. exercising influence or control. “television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion”. “the dominant partner in the marriage”. synonyms: ascendant, ascendent, dominating. most powerful or important or influential. controlling. able to control or determine policy.

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   Someone or something that is dominant is more powerful, successful, influential, or noticeable than other people or things.