adj
Meaning 1
Ruling; governing; prevailing
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The dominant party controlled the government.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dominant
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɒmɪnənt/
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Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈdɑmənənt/
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Canada, dialectal: /ˈdɒmɪnənt/ of the US
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Australian: /ˈdɔmɪnənt/
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New-Zealand: [ˈdɔ̟mənənt]
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adj
Meaning 2
Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of a body part, preferred and used with greater dexterity than the other, as the right hand of a right-handed person or the left hand of a left-handed one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, physiology, sciences
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adj
Meaning 4
Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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adj
Meaning 5
Being the dominant
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Examples
- Dominant seventh
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
The triad built on the dominant tone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 8
Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 9
A species or organism that is dominant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 10
The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: submissive
Narrower terms: dominatrix, dominator
adjective
Meaning 11
exercising influence or control
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion
- the dominant partner in the marriage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: subordinate
adjective
Meaning 12
(of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: recessive
adjective satellite
Meaning 13
most frequent or common
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- prevailing winds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prevailing, prevalent, predominant, rife
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dominant allele
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: allele, allelomorph
noun
Meaning 15
(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: note, musical note, tone
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French dominant.
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: سَائِد (sāʔid) — ruling, governing
- Bulgarian: преобладаващ (preobladavašt) — ruling, governing
- Bulgarian: господстващ (gospodstvašt) — ruling, governing
- Catalan: imperant — ruling, governing
- Catalan: dominant — ruling, governing
- Chinese Mandarin: 主要 (zhǔyào) — ruling, governing
- Czech: převládající — ruling, governing
- Czech: dominantní — ruling, governing
- Dutch: dominant — ruling, governing
- Esperanto: dominanta — ruling, governing
- Finnish: vallitseva — ruling, governing
- Finnish: hallitseva — ruling, governing
- French: dominant — ruling, governing
- Galician: dominante — ruling, governing
- German: dominant — ruling, governing
- Greek: κύριος (kýrios) — ruling, governing
- Hebrew: דומיננטי (dominant'i) — ruling, governing
- Italian: dominante — ruling, governing
- Japanese: 支配的 (shihaiteki) — ruling, governing
- Latin: dominans — ruling, governing
- Latin: praevalens — ruling, governing
- Malay: dominan — ruling, governing
- Polish: dominujący — ruling, governing
- Portuguese: dominante — ruling, governing
- Rapa Nui: mau — ruling, governing
- Romanian: dominant — ruling, governing
- Romanian: dominantă — ruling, governing
- Russian: преоблада́ющий (preobladájuščij) — ruling, governing
- Russian: госпо́дствующий (gospódstvujuščij) — ruling, governing
- Russian: домини́рующий (dominírujuščij) — ruling, governing
- Swedish: dominant — ruling, governing
- Tagalog: nananaig — ruling, governing
- Arabic: سَائِد (sāʔid) — predominant, common
- Arabic: شَائِع (šāʔiʕ) — predominant, common
- Dutch: overheersend — predominant, common
- French: dominant — predominant, common
- Greek: επικρατών (epikratón) — predominant, common
- Greek: υπερισχύων (yperischýon) — predominant, common
- Hungarian: domináns — predominant, common
- Italian: dominante — predominant, common
- Italian: predominante — predominant, common
- Italian: più diffuso — predominant, common
- Malay: dominan — predominant, common
- Māori: awenui — predominant, common
- Portuguese: dominante — predominant, common
- Romanian: predominant — predominant, common
- Romanian: preponderent — predominant, common
- Russian: преоблада́ющий (preobladájuščij) — predominant, common
- Russian: домини́рующий (dominírujuščij) — predominant, common
- Spanish: dominante — predominant, common
- Spanish: imperante — predominant, common
- Swedish: dominerande — predominant, common
- Tagalog: nananaig — predominant, common
- Thai: เป็นใหญ่ — predominant, common
- Bulgarian: доминанта (dominanta) — tone of a musical scale
- Catalan: dominant — tone of a musical scale
- Chinese Mandarin: 屬音 /属音 (shǔyīn) — tone of a musical scale
- Czech: dominanta — tone of a musical scale
- Dutch: dominant — tone of a musical scale
- Finnish: dominantti — tone of a musical scale
- Finnish: huippusävel — tone of a musical scale
- Greek: δεσπόζουσα (despózousa) — tone of a musical scale
- Hungarian: domináns — tone of a musical scale
- Japanese: 属音 (zokuon) — tone of a musical scale
- Korean: 딸림음 (ttallimeum) — tone of a musical scale
- Polish: dominanta — tone of a musical scale
- Portuguese: dominante — tone of a musical scale
- Russian: домина́нта (dominánta) — tone of a musical scale
- Swedish: dominant — tone of a musical scale
- Ukrainian: доміна́нта (dominánta) — tone of a musical scale
- Esperanto: superulo — dominant BDSM partner
- Georgian: დომინანტი (dominanṭi) — dominant BDSM partner
- Polish: dominant — organism
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