dom·i·nant 
/ˈdɑ:mənənt/ adjective
/ˈdɑ:mənənt/ adjective 1 [more dominant; most dominant] : more important, powerful, or successful than most or all others
▪ The university has/plays a dominant [=major] role in the local economy. ▪ Money is the dominant [=main] force in consumer societies. ▪ The company is now dominant in its market. ▪ What is the dominant [=major, predominant] theme of the play? ▪ It is the dominant culture/tribe in the region. ▪ She has a very dominant [=domineering] personality. ▪ the dominant female/male of the pack 2 : most common
▪ the dominant [=prevailing] language/religion of the country 3 biology : causing or relating to a characteristic or condition that a child will have if one of the child's parents has it
▪ dominant genes ▪ Brown hair is a dominant trait. = Brown hair is dominant. — opposite recessive
▪ The university has/plays a dominant [=major] role in the local economy. ▪ Money is the dominant [=main] force in consumer societies. ▪ The company is now dominant in its market. ▪ What is the dominant [=major, predominant] theme of the play? ▪ It is the dominant culture/tribe in the region. ▪ She has a very dominant [=domineering] personality. ▪ the dominant female/male of the pack
▪ the dominant [=prevailing] language/religion of the country
▪ dominant genes ▪ Brown hair is a dominant trait. = Brown hair is dominant. — opposite recessive
— dom·i·nance /ˈdɑ:mənəns/ noun
[noncount] ▪ The companies are competing for dominance in the market. = The companies are competing for market dominance. ▪ military/political dominance [=predominance] ▪ male dominance [=the state of men or male animals having more power than women or female animals] ▪ the French language's dominance in the region = the regional dominance of the French language [singular] ▪ The company has established a dominance in the market. ▪ the team's dominance over its rivals ▪ a neighborhood with a dominance [=predominance] of older homes
/ˈdɑ:mənəns/ noun [noncount] ▪ The companies are competing for dominance in the market. = The companies are competing for market dominance. ▪ military/political dominance [=predominance] ▪ male dominance [=the state of men or male animals having more power than women or female animals] ▪ the French language's dominance in the region = the regional dominance of the French language [singular] ▪ The company has established a dominance in the market. ▪ the team's dominance over its rivals ▪ a neighborhood with a dominance [=predominance] of older homes
— dom·i·nant·ly adverb
▪ The population is dominantly [=(more commonly) predominantly] Catholic. ▪ a dominantly inherited disease
▪ The population is dominantly [=(more commonly) predominantly] Catholic. ▪ a dominantly inherited disease
