dominance
The state of being dominantThe state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
» The cats were playing dominance games.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
Dominanz, Vorherrschaft
госпо́дствоgospódstvo, преоблада́ниеpreobladánije, домини́рованиеdominírovanije
(countable, uncountable)Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
Herrschaft
госпо́дствоgospódstvo, домини́рованиеdominírovanije
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
(countable, uncountable)A feeling of power and capacity to act or control another.
(countable, uncountable)The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
Dominanz
домина́нтностьdominántnostʹ, домини́рованиеdominírovanije
superior development of one side of the body
(countable, uncountable)Of an allele, the degree to which it expresses its phenotype when heterozygous, such as whether it is dominant or recessive.
Dominanz
домина́нтностьdominántnostʹ, домини́рованиеdominírovanije
the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not
Examples
27 sentencesThe cats were playing dominance games.
The guards tried to assert their dominance.
Narcissists employ manipulation tactics to assert their dominance.
Rodrigo immediately asserted his dominance in the cell.
He established dominance in the early stages of the competition.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From dominant + -ance.From dominant + -ance.
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Forms
plural: dominances| Singular | dominance |
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Synonyms
11 synonyms- the state that exists when one person or group has power over another:ascendanceascendenceascendancyascendencycontrol
- superior development of one side of the body:laterality
- the power or right to give orders or make decisions:authorityauthorizationauthorisationpotencysay-so
Word family
22 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable