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Grammar : Adj
Spell : dom-uh-nuhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɒm ə nənt



Definition of dominant

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Middle French dominant (13c.), from Latin dominantem (nominative dominans), present participle of dominari (see domination). Music sense is from 1819. Sexual bondage sense by c.1960. The noun is first recorded 1819, earliest in the musical sense.
  • adj superior, controlling
  • adj main, primary
Example sentences :
  • In spite of his youth he was unquestionably the dominant spirit here.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • I have said that the dominant thinking of our age is materialistic, and by that I mean also physical.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Cassidy struggled with all his pride against the dominant fury this man hurled on him.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The old fascination was still as dominant as at its birth, sixteen years ago.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • Of the two, his miserable little accuser was the dominant figure.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • He had been the dominant personality in their mutual friendship.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • Finally lost is the dominant position in the region of Finance.
  • Extract from : « Bremen Cotton Exchange » by Andreas Wilhelm Cramer
  • They were dominant by land and sea; indeed they possessed a fleet twice the size of his own.
  • Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
  • But the dominant overcast of their minds was the coming of the sheriff.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • The danger always is that the initial leader may become too dominant.
  • Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy

Synonyms for dominant

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