dominant

  • 31dominant — adjective 1) the dominant classes Syn: presiding, ruling, governing, controlling, commanding, ascendant, supreme, authoritative Ant: subservient 2) he has a dominant personality Syn …

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  • 32dominant — adj. (in genetics) describing a gene (or its corresponding characteristic) whose effect is shown in the individual whether its allele is the same or different. If the allele is different it is described as recessive and its effect is masked. In… …

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  • 33dominant — adjective 1) the dominant classes Syn: ruling, governing, controlling, presiding, commanding 2) he has a dominant personality Syn: assertive, authoritative, forceful, domineering, commanding …

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  • 34dominant — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very …

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  • 35dominant — a) beherrschend, bestimmend, dominierend; (bildungsspr.): prädominant, prädominierend; (bildungsspr. veraltend): prävalent, prävalierend. b) bestimmend, dominierend, führend, tonangebend, überlegen, übermächtig; (bildungsspr.): präpotent. * * *… …

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  • 36dominant — adjective 1》 most important, powerful, or influential.     ↘Ecology denoting the predominant species in a plant or animal community. 2》 (of a high place or object) overlooking others. 3》 Genetics relating to or denoting heritable characteristics… …

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  • 37dominant — Synonyms and related words: absolute, accidental, all absorbing, arch, ascendant, assertive, at the head, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, average, banner, besetting, boss, breve, capital, cardinal, central, champion, chief,… …

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  • 38dominant — do·mi·nạnt Adj; 1 geschr; stark auffallend ≈ bestimmend <ein Charakterzug; ein Motiv> 2 geschr; sehr stark im Durchsetzen der eigenen Wünsche: Seine Frau ist sehr dominant 3 Biol; <Merkmale, Erbfaktoren> so, dass sie bei der… …

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  • 39dominant —    The part of a composition that is emphasized, has the greatest visual weight, the most important, powerful, or has the most influence. A certain color can be dominant, and so can an object, line, shape, or texture. Also see contrast and focal… …

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  • 40dominant — [ˈdɒmɪnənt] adj more important, powerful, or successful than the other people or things of the same type The company cannot preserve its dominant position in the market.[/ex] …

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