noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈdɒmɪnəns/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American, dialectal:/ˈdɑmɪnəns/of Canada
Canada, dialectal:/ˈdɒmɪnəns/of the US
Australian:/ˈdɔmɪnəns/
New-Zealand:/ˈdɒmənəns/
New-Zealand:[ˈdɔ̟mənəns]
CMU ARPABET:D AA1 M AH0 N AH0 N S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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2
noun
Meaning 2
Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A feeling of power and capacity to act or control another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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4
noun
Meaning 4
The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
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5
noun
Meaning 5
of an allele, the degree to which it expresses its phenotype when heterozygous, such as whether it is dominant or recessive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract