Dominance

/ˈdɒmɪnəns/ · noun

Meaning

The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy..

Definitions by Sense

1. The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
2. Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
3. (physiology) The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
4. (biology, genetics) of an allele, the degree to which it expresses its phenotype when heterozygous, such as whether it is dominant or recessive.

Example Sentences

But with the lively Dos Santos pulling the strings behind strikers Pavlyuchenko and Defoe, Spurs controlled the first half without finding the breakthrough their dominance deserved.

Thus approximately 98% of signs contained English, and 93.5% of signs were wholly in English. As far as linguistic landscapes go, this is a case of extreme monolingual dominance in a multilingual setting.

Shepard: Too many lives were lost at that base. I'm not sorry it's gone. Illusive Man: The first of many lives. Illusive Man: The technology from that base could have secured human dominance in the galaxy. Against the Reapers and beyond.

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