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English adjective: dominant | |||
| 1. | dominant exercising influence or control | ||
| Samples | Television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion. The dominant partner in the marriage. | ||
| Similar | ascendant, ascendent, controlling, dominating, governing, overriding, paramount, possessive, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating, sovereign, superior, supreme | ||
| See also | superior | ||
| Attribute | position, status | ||
| Antonyms | subordinate, low-level | ||
| 2. | dominant (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar | ||
| Domain category | genetic science, genetics | ||
| Antonyms | recessive | ||
| 3. | dominant most frequent or common | ||
| Samples | Prevailing winds. | ||
| Synonyms | predominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife | ||
| Similar | frequent | ||
| Antonyms | infrequent | ||
English noun: dominant | |||
| 1. | dominant (communication) (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | musical note, note, tone | ||
| Domain category | music | ||
| 2. | dominant (body) an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different | ||
| Synonyms | dominant allele | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | allele, allelomorph | ||
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