dominant

UK/ˈdɒmɪnənt/US/ˈdɑmənənt/

adjectiveB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #6,604 of 15,258leans written

Dominant means strongest, and controlling the rest. The dominant party, a dominant position, dominant hand.

In genetics it is precise: a dominant trait shows even when only one copy of the gene is present, and a recessive one needs two. In competition law, a dominant position is not itself unlawful, and abusing one is.

Definitions of dominant

1adjectivedominantStrongest, and controlling the rest.B2+
“The home team was dominant from the start and won easily.”

dominant is a quality.

Where it comes from

Middle French
dominant
English, today
dominant

Borrowed from Middle French dominant.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

dominant in the wild

Thus, one of the most common secondary chords, the dominant of the dominant, is written "V/V" and read as "five of five" or "the dominant of the dominant".
Secondary chord
Dominant seventh chords are typically built on the fifth degree (the dominant) of the major scale.
Dominant seventh chord
Dominant seventh chords are often built on the fifth scale degree (or dominant) of a key.
Dominant seventh chord
Some dominant parties were called the natural governing party, given their length of time in power.
Dominant-party system
In political literature, more than 130 dominant party systems between 1950 and 2017 were included in a list by A.
Dominant-party system

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dominant — used about once every 2,055 pages · #6,604 · point at the bar for the others

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