Dictionary

dominant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɒmɪnənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdɒmɪnənt/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdɑmənənt/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• [ˈdɔ̟mənənt] (New-Zealand)
• audio North Carolina
• /ˈdɔmɪnənt/ (Australia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dominant.

Meanings

1. Ruling; governing; prevailing
   • The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, […] but imperious, insolent, and cruel. 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
   • The dominant party controlled the government.
2. Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
   • All other elements are mere "impurities" when their abundances are compared with those of these two dominant elements. 2009, H. Stephen Stoker, General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, page 10:
   • The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers.
   • It's the water that makes this area famous. […] That water is still being used to supply Blackford's two dominant industries, Tullibardine whisky distillery to the south of the village and, more significantly, Highland Spring Group's bottling plant to the north. 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 38:
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.
4. Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.
5. Being the dominant
   • Dominant seventh

Forms

Antonyms

submissive (antonym(s) of “ruling”) · rebellious (antonym(s) of “ruling”) · defiant (antonym(s) of “ruling”) · obedient (antonym(s) of “ruling”)

Deriveds

dominant seventh chord · tremordominant · nondominant · dominant seventh · antidominant · undominant · immunodominant · underdominant · monodominant · eudominant · dominantly · dominance · quasidominant · co-dominant · serodominant · pseudodominant · semidominant · transdominant · hyperdominant · overdominant · postdominant · equidominant · phenodominant · superdominant · heterodominant · codominant

Synonyms

imposing (ruling, governing) · prevalent (predominant)

Translations (54)

pt dominante (ruling, governing) · he דומיננטי (ruling, governing) · sv dominerande (predominant, common) · ru госпо́дствующий (ruling, governing) · sv dominant (ruling, governing) · de dominant (ruling, governing) · cmn 主要 (ruling, governing) · ru преоблада́ющий (ruling, governing) · it predominante (predominant, common) · eo dominanta (ruling, governing) · ca dominant (ruling, governing) · mi awenui (predominant, common) · ar شَائِع (predominant, common) · rap mau (ruling, governing) · ja 支配的 (ruling, governing) · ca imperant (ruling, governing) · la praevalens (ruling, governing) · el υπερισχύων (predominant, common) · ar سَائِد (ruling, governing) · nl dominant (ruling, governing) · tl nananaig (ruling, governing) · pl dominujący (ruling, governing) · ro predominant (predominant, common) · ru домини́рующий (ruling, governing) · th เป็นใหญ่ (predominant, common) · tl nananaig (predominant, common) · ro preponderent (predominant, common) · ro dominant (ruling, governing) · el κύριος (ruling, governing) · ms dominan (ruling, governing) · pt dominante (predominant, common) · el επικρατών (predominant, common) · cs dominantní (ruling, governing) · ru преоблада́ющий (predominant, common) · fi vallitseva (ruling, governing) · fr dominant (predominant, common) · ar سَائِد (predominant, common) · gl dominante (ruling, governing) · la dominans (ruling, governing) · it dominante (ruling, governing) · ms dominan (predominant, common) · fi hallitseva (ruling, governing) · bg преобладаващ (ruling, governing) · bg господстващ (ruling, governing) · ro dominantă (ruling, governing) · nl overheersend (predominant, common) · cs převládající (ruling, governing) · ru домини́рующий (predominant, common) · es imperante (predominant, common) · it dominante (predominant, common) · es dominante (predominant, common) · fr dominant (ruling, governing) · hu domináns (predominant, common) · it più diffuso (predominant, common)

dominant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɒmɪnənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdɒmɪnənt/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdɑmənənt/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• [ˈdɔ̟mənənt] (New-Zealand)
• audio North Carolina
• /ˈdɔmɪnənt/ (Australia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dominant.

Meanings

1. 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.
2. The triad built on the dominant tone.
3. Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote.
   • Finally, if we suppose provisionally that the mutant genes are dominant just as often as they are recessive, selection will be far more severe in eliminating the disadvantageous dominants than in eliminating the disadvantageous recessives. 1930, R. A. Fisher, J. H. Bennett, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection, page 50:
4. A species or organism that is dominant.
   • Landowners cannot afford to cut submerchantable trees, yet many hesitate to cut merchantable dominants and codominants at the risk of downgrading the residual stand. 1966, John R. Bassett, Thinning loblolly pine from above and below, New Orleans, La: Southern Forest Experiment Station:
5. The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
   • This calendar is not for the faint of heart (unless you have some strong butch dominant to hold you while you swoon) 1988 December 25, Wickie Stamps, “Leather, Peace and Wombyn over Forty”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 24, page 7:
   • His story was a fable you told dominants in training to stress the importance of comprehending the depths of your submissive's needs. 2011, Jayne Rylon, Mistress's Master, page 65:

Forms

Antonyms

submissive

Deriveds

secondary dominant · subdominant

Descendants

dominant

Hyponyms

dominatrix · dominator

Synonyms

dominator

Translations (19)

fi huippusävel (tone of a musical scale) · ja 属音 (tone of a musical scale) · pl dominant (organism) · fi dominantti (tone of a musical scale) · el δεσπόζουσα (tone of a musical scale) · bg доминанта (tone of a musical scale) · nl dominant (tone of a musical scale) · pt dominante (tone of a musical scale) · sv dominant (tone of a musical scale) · hu domináns (tone of a musical scale) · pl dominanta (tone of a musical scale) · cmn 屬音 /属音 (tone of a musical scale) · ka დომინანტი (dominant BDSM partner) · eo superulo (dominant BDSM partner) · uk доміна́нта (tone of a musical scale) · cs dominanta (tone of a musical scale) · ko 딸림음 (tone of a musical scale) · ca dominant (tone of a musical scale) · ru домина́нта (tone of a musical scale)