dominant
US: /ˈdɑmənənt/
UK: /dˈɒmɪnənt/
UK: /dˈɒmɪnənt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
dominant /'dɔminənt/
- tính từ
- át, trội, có ưu thế hơn; có ảnh hưởng lớn, chi phối
- thống trị
- vượt cao hơn cả, bao quát (chiều cao, đỉnh núi...)
- (âm nhạc) (thuộc) âm át
- (số nhiều) trội (đặc tính trong di truyền)
- danh từ
- (âm nhạc) âm át
- (sinh vật học) tính trội (trong di truyền)
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 more important, powerful or noticeable than other things: The firm has achieved a dominant position in the world market. + The dominant feature of the room was the large open fireplace.
2 (biology) a dominant GENE causes a person to have a particular physical characteristic, for example brown eyes, even if only one of their parents has passed on this GENE
Compare: RECESSIVE
dominance noun [U]: to achieve / assert dominance over sb + political / economic dominance
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 commanding, authoritative, controlling, governing, ruling, leading, reigning, influential, assertive, supreme, superior, ascendant:
He has taken a dominant role in promoting foreign language teaching.
2 predominant, chief, main, principal, primary, prevailing, outstanding, pre-eminent, paramount:
A large nose is a dominant characteristic in their family.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, seem | become | remain
ADV.
extremely, very | completely, overwhelmingly, totally | increasingly | fairly, relatively | economically, politically, socially
the economically dominant class
Concise English dictionary
dominants'dɑmɪnənt /'dɒm
noun
+(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
+an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
adj.
+exercising influence or control
+(of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
