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How to pronounce dominant in English?

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Synonyms predominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife
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Synonyms dominant allele
Type of allelomorph, allele
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Derivation dominate, dominance


television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion.
the dominant partner in the marriage.
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Type of note, tone, musical note
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Derivation dominance

Examples of dominant

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Cent FL will soon be a dominant Soccer watching area if it keeps going this way.
From the orlandosentinel.com
In the past few years, the U.S. has been the dominant force behind world growth.
From the businessweek.com
In Australia, Virgin Blue faces a dogfight with dominant carrier Qantas Airways.
From the businessweek.com
Niger was a French colony until 1960, and French is the dominant language there.
From the news-journalonline.com
Oswalt and Hamels enter this series with dominant postseasons under their belts.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Douglass was dominant, holding the Warriors to three hits while striking out 14.
From the stltoday.com
As we approach, the dominant stallion moves between us and the rest of the herd.
From the online.wsj.com
Another contributing factor to Lorenzo's dominant season is the team around him.
From the telegraph.co.uk
During the playoffs, he turned into a dominant force with 13 points in 12 games.
From the tennessean.com
More examples
  • (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
  • Exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"
  • Dominant allele: an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
  • Prevailing: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds"
  • (dominance) laterality: superior development of one side of the body
  • (dominance) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"
  • In BDSM, a top or dominant is the partner in a BDSM relationship or in a BDSM scene who takes the active or controlling role over that of the bottom or submissive partner(s).
  • In chant, a reciting tone (also called a recitation tone) is a repeated musical pitch around which the other pitches of the chant gravitate, or by extension, the entire melodic formula that centers on one or two such pitches. ...
  • Prey is a science-fiction television series that aired for one season (13 episodes) in 1998 on ABC. The series starred Debra Messing, Adam Storke, Larry Drake, Frankie Faison, James Morrison, and Vincent Ventresca.