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dominant
01
having superiority in power, influence, or importance
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most dominant
Comparative
more dominant
gradable
Examples
The lion is the dominant predator in its ecosystem, ruling over other animals.
02
(of genes) causing a person to inherit a particular physical feature, even if it is only present in one parent's genome
Examples
The gene for brown eyes is dominant over the gene for blue eyes.
03
most frequent or common
Dominant
01
an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
dominants
02
(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
Lexical Tree
dominantly
predominant
dominant
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