dominant

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dom·in·ant AW [dominant dominants] BrE [ˈdɒmɪnənt] NAmE [ˈdɑːmɪnənt] 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 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
Derived Word: ↑dominance

Word Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin dominant- ‘ruling, governing’, from the verb dominari, from dominus ‘lord, master’.

Example Bank:
•Banks have a dominant role in most countries' economies.
•London is dominant within the UK economy.
•No one group appears to be overwhelmingly dominant.
•The state of the economy has been the dominant theme of the election.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  prevailing, prevalent, predominant, rife, dominant allele
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  recessive, subordinate, low-level