Dictionary

dominance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɒmɪnəns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈdɔ̟mənəns] (New-Zealand)
• /ˈdɑmɪnəns/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
• /ˈdɒmɪnəns/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• /ˈdɔmɪnəns/ (Australia)
• /ˈdɒmənəns/ (New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From dominant + -ance.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
   • Thus approximately 98% of signs contained English, and 93.5% of signs were wholly in English. As far as linguistic landscapes go, this is a case of extreme monolingual dominance in a multilingual setting. 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 5:
   • But with the lively Dos Santos pulling the strings behind strikers Pavlyuchenko and Defoe, Spurs controlled the first half without finding the breakthrough their dominance deserved. 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport:
2. (countable, uncountable) Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
   • Shepard: Too many lives were lost at that base. I'm not sorry it's gone. Illusive Man: The first of many lives. Illusive Man: The technology from that base could have secured human dominance in the galaxy. Against the Reapers and beyond. 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC:
3. (countable, uncountable) A feeling of power and capacity to act or control another.
4. (countable, uncountable) The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
5. (countable, uncountable) of an allele, the degree to which it expresses its phenotype when heterozygous, such as whether it is dominant or recessive.

Forms

Deriveds

codominance · hyperdominance · immunodominance · transdominance · incomplete dominance · overdominance · semidominance · Eurodominance · antidominance · equidominance · pseudodominance · underdominance · minority dominance · subdominance · nondominance · monodominance · dominancy · quasidominance · postdominance · superdominance · serodominance

Translations (69)

fi hallitsevuus (being in a position over others) · hu dominancia (state of being dominant) · ru госпо́дство (state of being dominant) · vi tính trội (property of a gene) · fa-ira تَسَلُّط (state of being dominant) · ru домини́рование (superior development or preference for one side of the body or for one of a pair of organs) · fr domination (state of being dominant) · fi hallinta (state of being dominant) · bg домина́нтност (property of a gene) · cmn 單側性優勢 /单侧性优势 (superior development or preference for one side of the body or for one of a pair of organs) · nl dominantie (property of a gene) · pl dominacja (state of being dominant) · lt viešpatavimas (state of being dominant) · ro dominanță (state of being dominant) · ru госпо́дство (being in a position over others) · ka დომინანტურობა (state of being dominant) · pt dominância (superior development or preference for one side of the body or for one of a pair of organs) · sv dominans (state of being dominant) · cs dominance (state of being dominant) · pt domínio (being in a position over others) · de Vorherrschaft (state of being dominant) · vi ưu thế (being in a position over others) · ru домини́рование (state of being dominant) · vi sự thuận (superior development or preference for one side of the body or for one of a pair of organs) · bg госпо́дство (state of being dominant) · pt domínio (state of being dominant) · cmn 支配地位 (state of being dominant) · de Dominanz (property of a gene) · vi ưu thế (state of being dominant) · fr dominance (being in a position over others) · fr dominance (superior development or preference for one side of the body or for one of a pair of organs) · ru домини́рование (being in a position over others) · hy գերիշխանություն (being in a position over others) · ru домина́нтность (superior development or preference for one side of the body or for one of a pair of organs) · ka ბატონობა (being in a position over others) · fi hallitsevuus (superior development or preference for one side of the body or for one of a pair of organs) · cmn 顯性 /显性 (property of a gene) · cmn 優勢 /优势 (state of being dominant) · cmn 統治 /统治 (being in a position over others) · ka დომინაცია (state of being dominant) · de Dominanz (superior development or preference for one side of the body or for one of a pair of organs) · nl dominantie (state of being dominant) · ru преоблада́ние (state of being dominant) · pt dominância (property of a gene) · pt controle (state of being dominant) · hu dominancia (property of a gene) · ru домина́нтность (property of a gene) · hy դոմինանտություն (superior development or preference for one side of the body or for one of a pair of organs) · fr dominance (property of a gene) · nl overheersing (being in a position over others) · fi dominoivuus (property of a gene) · de Dominanz (state of being dominant) · hy դոմինանտություն (property of a gene) · ru домини́рование (property of a gene) · bg преоблада́ване (state of being dominant) · ka მბრძანებლობა (being in a position over others) · he דומיננטיות (state of being dominant) · hy իշխանություն (being in a position over others) · hu dominancia (being in a position over others) · hy գերիշխանություն (state of being dominant) · ka დომინირება (state of being dominant) · ro domnie (state of being dominant) · fr autorité (being in a position over others) · de Herrschaft (being in a position over others) · vi tính trội (superior development or preference for one side of the body or for one of a pair of organs) · nl dominantie (superior development or preference for one side of the body or for one of a pair of organs) · ro dominanță (property of a gene) · pt dominância (being in a position over others) · pt dominância (state of being dominant)