Meaning

5 senses
  1. The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.

    домина́нтаdominánta

    доміна́нтаdominánta

    (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale

  2. The triad built on the dominant tone.

  3. Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote.

    an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different

  4. A species or organism that is dominant.

  5. The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.

Examples

53 sentences
  1. I want to be more dominant.

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  2. These are my dominant thoughts.

    Це мої головні думки.

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  3. I have a sadistic and dominant nature.

    Я за своєю природою садистична та домінантна.

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  4. Dominant or submissive - which part do you want to play?

    Домінантну чи сабмісивну - яку з ролей ти хочеш грати?

    deDominant oder devot - welchen Part willst du übernehmen?

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  5. Berber is his dominant language.

    Берберська його основна мова.

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Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
tone of a musical scale:
Русский
By meaning 1
tone of a musical scale:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French dominant.

Borrowed from Middle French dominant.

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Forms

plural: dominants
Singulardominant
Pluraldominants

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different:dominant allele

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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