dominant

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
• Topics:
music
• Hypernyms:
note, musical note, tone
2. an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
• Syn:
dominant allele
• Hypernyms:
allele, allelomorph

II - adjective

1. exercising influence or control (Freq. 51)
- television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion
- the dominant partner in the marriage
• Ant:
subordinate
• Similar to:
ascendant, ascendent, dominating, controlling, governing,
overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating,
possessive, sovereign, supreme, superior
• See Also:
superior
• Derivationally related forms:
dominance, dominate
• Attrubites:
status, position
2. (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
• Ant:
recessive
• Derivationally related forms:
dominance
• Topics:
genetics, genetic science
3. most frequent or common
- prevailing winds
• Syn:
prevailing, prevalent, predominant, rife
• Similar to:
frequent
• Derivationally related forms:
predominance (for: predominant), predominate (for: predominant), prevalence (for: prevalent), prevail (for: prevalent)

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