"dominant" meaning in English

See dominant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɒmɪnənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɑmənənt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dominant.wav Forms: more dominant [comparative], most dominant [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French dominant. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dem-}}, {{bor|en|frm|dominant}} Middle French dominant Head templates: {{en-adj}} dominant (comparative more dominant, superlative most dominant)
  1. Ruling; governing; prevailing Synonyms (ruling, governing): imposing Translations (ruling, governing): سَائِد (sāʔid) (Arabic), преобладаващ (preobladavašt) (Bulgarian), господстващ (gospodstvašt) (Bulgarian), 主要的 (zhǔ yào de) (Chinese Mandarin), převládající [masculine] (Czech), dominantní [masculine] [genetics, biology, medicine, sciences, natural-sciences] (Czech), dominant (Dutch), dominanta (Esperanto), vallitseva (Finnish), hallitseva (Finnish), dominant (French), dominante [feminine, masculine] (Galician), dominant (German), κύριος (kýrios) [masculine] (Greek), דומיננטי (dominant'i) (Hebrew), dominante (Italian), 支配的 (shihaiteki) (Japanese), dominans (Latin), praevalens (Latin), dominan (Malay), dominujący (Polish), dominante (Portuguese), mau (Rapa Nui), dominant [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), dominantă [feminine] (Romanian), преоблада́ющий (preobladájuščij) (Russian), госпо́дствующий (gospódstvujuščij) (Russian), домини́рующий (dominírujuščij) (Russian), dominant (Swedish), nananaig (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-dominant-en-adj-fXpWW~3g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 7 3 9 1 27 23 7 2 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 2 1 4 1 1 4 13 4 2 6 0 17 15 5 1 6 1 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 7 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 4 0 0 4 13 4 1 6 0 20 16 5 0 7 1 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 8 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 21 5 4 8 1 25 15 8 2 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 6 3 8 3 25 15 6 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 23 4 4 8 1 25 16 6 1 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 24 4 3 8 1 28 16 6 1 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 19 6 4 9 1 22 16 8 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 21 5 3 7 3 26 16 6 2 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 6 10 8 1 21 14 8 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 4 3 9 1 27 15 7 1 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 24 4 3 8 1 28 16 6 1 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 21 5 10 6 1 24 14 6 2 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 22 5 4 7 1 26 15 7 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 4 11 6 1 24 14 7 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 4 3 8 1 27 16 8 1 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 4 3 9 1 27 18 6 1 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 22 5 4 7 1 26 15 7 2 12 Disambiguation of 'ruling, governing': 88 4 3 5 0 Disambiguation of 'ruling, governing': 88 4 3 5 0
  2. Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance. Synonyms (predominant): prevalent [common] Translations (predominant, common): سَائِد (sāʔid) (Arabic), شَائِع (šāʔiʕ) (Arabic), overheersend (Dutch), dominant (French), επικρατών (epikratón) [masculine] (Greek), υπερισχύων (yperischýon) [masculine] (Greek), domináns (Hungarian), dominante (Italian), predominante (Italian), più diffuso (Italian), dominan (Malay), awenui (Maori), dominante (Portuguese), predominant (Romanian), preponderent (Romanian), преоблада́ющий (preobladájuščij) (Russian), домини́рующий (dominírujuščij) (Russian), dominante (Spanish), imperante (Spanish), dominerande (Swedish), nananaig (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-dominant-en-adj-43wrbkQY Disambiguation of 'predominant': 6 84 2 1 7 Disambiguation of 'predominant, common': 7 82 2 1 8
  3. (of a body part) Preferred and used with greater dexterity than the other, as the right hand of a right-handed person or the left hand of a left-handed one.
    Sense id: en-dominant-en-adj---CjUGsf Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 4 11 6 1 24 14 7 2 12
  4. (medicine) Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-dominant-en-adj-APBvjny- Topics: medicine, sciences
  5. (music) Being the dominant Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-dominant-en-adj-jALopU5I Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɒmɪnənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɑmənənt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dominant.wav Forms: dominants [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French dominant. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dem-}}, {{bor|en|frm|dominant}} Middle French dominant Head templates: {{en-noun}} dominant (plural dominants)
  1. (music) 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. Categories (topical): Music Translations (tone of a musical scale): доминанта (dominanta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), dominanta [feminine] (Czech), dominant [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), dominantti (Finnish), huippusävel (Finnish), δεσπόζουσα (despózousa) [feminine] (Greek), domináns (Hungarian), dominanta [feminine] (Polish), dominante [feminine] (Portuguese), домина́нта (dominánta) [feminine] (Russian), dominant [common-gender] (Swedish), доміна́нта (dominánta) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-dominant-en-noun-en:fifth_major_tone Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Rapa Nui translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 7 3 9 1 27 23 7 2 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 3 2 10 1 36 14 8 1 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 2 1 4 1 1 4 13 4 2 6 0 17 15 5 1 6 1 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 7 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 4 0 0 4 13 4 1 6 0 20 16 5 0 7 1 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 8 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 21 5 4 8 1 25 15 8 2 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 6 3 8 3 25 15 6 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 17 5 8 8 1 25 13 8 5 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 23 4 4 8 1 25 16 6 1 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 24 4 3 8 1 28 16 6 1 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 5 3 7 1 29 14 7 2 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 4 3 8 2 29 16 7 1 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 21 5 3 7 1 29 15 6 2 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 19 4 9 6 1 27 13 6 4 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 5 3 7 1 30 14 8 2 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 19 6 4 9 1 22 16 8 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 21 5 3 7 3 26 16 6 2 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 6 10 8 1 21 14 8 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 4 3 9 1 27 15 7 1 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 22 4 3 7 1 32 15 6 1 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 24 4 3 8 1 28 16 6 1 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 21 5 10 6 1 24 14 6 2 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 7 3 9 1 23 14 10 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 22 5 4 7 1 26 15 7 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 4 3 10 1 27 14 7 2 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 4 11 6 1 24 14 7 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Rapa Nui translations: 21 5 3 8 2 26 16 6 3 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 21 5 3 7 1 29 15 6 2 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 4 3 8 1 27 16 8 1 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 4 3 9 1 27 18 6 1 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 4 3 6 1 29 15 6 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 21 5 3 7 1 29 15 6 2 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 22 5 4 7 1 26 15 7 2 12 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'tone of a musical scale': 75 12 6 1 7
  2. (music) The triad built on the dominant tone. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-dominant-en-noun-en:triad_built_on_the_dominant_tone Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 7 3 9 1 27 23 7 2 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 2 1 4 1 1 4 13 4 2 6 0 17 15 5 1 6 1 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 7 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 4 0 0 4 13 4 1 6 0 20 16 5 0 7 1 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 8 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 21 5 4 8 1 25 15 8 2 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 6 3 8 3 25 15 6 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 23 4 4 8 1 25 16 6 1 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 24 4 3 8 1 28 16 6 1 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 19 6 4 9 1 22 16 8 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 21 5 3 7 3 26 16 6 2 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 6 10 8 1 21 14 8 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 4 3 9 1 27 15 7 1 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 24 4 3 8 1 28 16 6 1 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 21 5 10 6 1 24 14 6 2 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 22 5 4 7 1 26 15 7 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 4 11 6 1 24 14 7 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 4 3 8 1 27 16 8 1 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 4 3 9 1 27 18 6 1 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 22 5 4 7 1 26 15 7 2 12 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (genetics) Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote. Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-dominant-en-noun-en:genetics Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  4. A species or organism that is dominant. Translations (organism): dominant [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-dominant-en-noun-en:dominant_species_or_organism Disambiguation of 'organism': 4 2 6 86 2
  5. (BDSM) The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity. Categories (topical): BDSM Hyponyms: dominatrix, dominator Translations (dominant BDSM partner): superulo (Esperanto), დომინანტი (dominanṭi) (Georgian)
    Sense id: en-dominant-en-noun-en:BDSM Categories (other): Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 21 5 4 8 1 25 15 8 2 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 6 3 8 3 25 15 6 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 23 4 4 8 1 25 16 6 1 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 19 6 4 9 1 22 16 8 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 21 5 3 7 3 26 16 6 2 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 4 3 9 1 27 15 7 1 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 21 5 10 6 1 24 14 6 2 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 22 5 4 7 1 26 15 7 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 4 11 6 1 24 14 7 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 22 5 4 7 1 26 15 7 2 12 Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality Disambiguation of 'dominant BDSM partner': 12 11 3 2 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dominator Derived forms: subdominant

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "subdominant"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "dominant",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: dominant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: dominant"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dem-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "dominant"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French dominant",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French dominant.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dominants",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dominant (plural dominants)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 7 3 9 1 27 23 7 2 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 3 2 10 1 36 14 8 1 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 1 4 1 1 4 13 4 2 6 0 17 15 5 1 6 1 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 7 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 0 4 0 0 4 13 4 1 6 0 20 16 5 0 7 1 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 8 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 4 8 1 25 15 8 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 6 3 8 3 25 15 6 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 5 8 8 1 25 13 8 5 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 4 4 8 1 25 16 6 1 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 4 3 8 1 28 16 6 1 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 3 7 1 29 14 7 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 4 3 8 2 29 16 7 1 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 3 7 1 29 15 6 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 4 9 6 1 27 13 6 4 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 3 7 1 30 14 8 2 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 6 4 9 1 22 16 8 5 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 3 7 3 26 16 6 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 6 10 8 1 21 14 8 5 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 4 3 9 1 27 15 7 1 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 4 3 7 1 32 15 6 1 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 4 3 8 1 28 16 6 1 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Latin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 10 6 1 24 14 6 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Malay translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 7 3 9 1 23 14 10 8 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 5 4 7 1 26 15 7 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Maori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 4 3 10 1 27 14 7 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 4 11 6 1 24 14 7 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 3 8 2 26 16 6 3 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Rapa Nui translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 3 7 1 29 15 6 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 4 3 8 1 27 16 8 1 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 4 3 9 1 27 18 6 1 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 4 3 6 1 29 15 6 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 3 7 1 29 15 6 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Tagalog translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 5 4 7 1 26 15 7 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-dominant-en-noun-en:fifth_major_tone",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) 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."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:fifth major tone"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "75 12 6 1 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dominanta",
          "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "доминанта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 12 6 1 7",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dominanta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 12 6 1 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dominant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 12 6 1 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
          "word": "dominantti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 12 6 1 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
          "word": "huippusävel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 12 6 1 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "despózousa",
          "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "δεσπόζουσα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 12 6 1 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
          "word": "domináns"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 12 6 1 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dominanta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 12 6 1 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dominante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 12 6 1 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dominánta",
          "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "домина́нта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 12 6 1 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "dominant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 12 6 1 7",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dominánta",
          "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "доміна́нта"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 7 3 9 1 27 23 7 2 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 1 4 1 1 4 13 4 2 6 0 17 15 5 1 6 1 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 7 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 0 4 0 0 4 13 4 1 6 0 20 16 5 0 7 1 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 8 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 4 8 1 25 15 8 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 6 3 8 3 25 15 6 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 4 4 8 1 25 16 6 1 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 4 3 8 1 28 16 6 1 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 6 4 9 1 22 16 8 5 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 3 7 3 26 16 6 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 6 10 8 1 21 14 8 5 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 4 3 9 1 27 15 7 1 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 4 3 8 1 28 16 6 1 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Latin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 10 6 1 24 14 6 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Malay translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 5 4 7 1 26 15 7 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Maori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 4 11 6 1 24 14 7 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 4 3 8 1 27 16 8 1 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 4 3 9 1 27 18 6 1 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 5 4 7 1 26 15 7 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The triad built on the dominant tone."
      ],
      "id": "en-dominant-en-noun-en:triad_built_on_the_dominant_tone",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "triad",
          "triad"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) The triad built on the dominant tone."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:triad built on the dominant tone"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Genetics",
          "orig": "en:Genetics",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1930, R. A. Fisher, J. H. Bennett, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection, page 50:",
          "text": "Finally, if we suppose provisionally that the mutant genes are dominant just as often as they are recessive, selection will be far more severe in eliminating the disadvantageous dominants than in eliminating the disadvantageous recessives.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote."
      ],
      "id": "en-dominant-en-noun-en:genetics",
      "links": [
        [
          "genetics",
          "genetics"
        ],
        [
          "allele",
          "allele"
        ],
        [
          "heterozygote",
          "heterozygote"
        ],
        [
          "phenotype",
          "phenotype"
        ],
        [
          "homozygote",
          "homozygote"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(genetics) Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:genetics"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "genetics",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1966, John R. Bassett, Thinning loblolly pine from above and below, New Orleans, La: Southern Forest Experiment Station:",
          "text": "Landowners cannot afford to cut submerchantable trees, yet many hesitate to cut merchantable dominants and codominants at the risk of downgrading the residual stand.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A species or organism that is dominant."
      ],
      "id": "en-dominant-en-noun-en:dominant_species_or_organism",
      "links": [
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ],
        [
          "organism",
          "organism"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:dominant species or organism"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 6 86 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "organism",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dominant"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "submissive#Noun"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "BDSM",
          "orig": "en:BDSM",
          "parents": [
            "Sexuality",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Sex",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Reproduction",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 4 8 1 25 15 8 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 6 3 8 3 25 15 6 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 4 4 8 1 25 16 6 1 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 6 4 9 1 22 16 8 5 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 3 7 3 26 16 6 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 4 3 9 1 27 15 7 1 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 10 6 1 24 14 6 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Malay translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 5 4 7 1 26 15 7 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Maori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 4 11 6 1 24 14 7 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 5 4 7 1 26 15 7 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1988 December 25, Wickie Stamps, “Leather, Peace and Wombyn over Forty”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 24, page 7:",
          "text": "This calendar is not for the faint of heart (unless you have some strong butch dominant to hold you while you swoon)",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Jayne Rylon, Mistress's Master, page 65:",
          "text": "His story was a fable you told dominants in training to stress the importance of comprehending the depths of your submissive's needs.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "dominatrix"
        },
        {
          "word": "dominator"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-dominant-en-noun-en:BDSM",
      "links": [
        [
          "BDSM",
          "BDSM"
        ],
        [
          "dominating",
          "dominate"
        ],
        [
          "partner",
          "partner"
        ],
        [
          "sadomasochistic",
          "sadomasochistic"
        ],
        [
          "sexual",
          "sexual"
        ],
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(BDSM) The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:BDSM"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "BDSM",
        "lifestyle",
        "sexuality"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "12 11 3 2 72",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "dominant BDSM partner",
          "word": "superulo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 11 3 2 72",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dominanṭi",
          "sense": "dominant BDSM partner",
          "word": "დომინანტი"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɒmɪnənt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dominant.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dominant.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dominant.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dominant.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dominant.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɑmənənt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dominator"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "dominant"
  ],
  "word": "dominant"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “ruling”",
      "word": "obedient"
    },
    {
      "english": "one who obeys",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “ruling”",
      "word": "submissive"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “ruling”",
      "word": "defiant"
    },
    {
      "english": "one who defys",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “ruling”",
      "word": "rebellious"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "antidominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "codominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "co-dominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dominance"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dominantly"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dominant seventh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dominant seventh chord"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "equidominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "eudominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "heterodominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hyperdominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "immunodominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "monodominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nondominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "overdominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "phenodominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "postdominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pseudodominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "quasidominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "semidominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "serodominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "superdominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "transdominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tremordominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "underdominant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "undominant"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dem-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "dominant"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French dominant",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French dominant.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dominant",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dominant",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dominant (comparative more dominant, superlative most dominant)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 7 3 9 1 27 23 7 2 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 1 4 1 1 4 13 4 2 6 0 17 15 5 1 6 1 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 7 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 0 4 0 0 4 13 4 1 6 0 20 16 5 0 7 1 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 8 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 4 8 1 25 15 8 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 6 3 8 3 25 15 6 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 4 4 8 1 25 16 6 1 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 4 3 8 1 28 16 6 1 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 6 4 9 1 22 16 8 5 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 3 7 3 26 16 6 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 6 10 8 1 21 14 8 5 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 4 3 9 1 27 15 7 1 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 4 3 8 1 28 16 6 1 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Latin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 10 6 1 24 14 6 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Malay translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 5 4 7 1 26 15 7 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Maori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 4 11 6 1 24 14 7 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 4 3 8 1 27 16 8 1 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 4 3 9 1 27 18 6 1 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 5 4 7 1 26 15 7 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The dominant party controlled the government.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:",
          "text": "The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, […] but imperious, insolent, and cruel.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ruling; governing; prevailing"
      ],
      "id": "en-dominant-en-adj-fXpWW~3g",
      "links": [
        [
          "governing",
          "governing"
        ],
        [
          "prevailing",
          "prevailing"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "imposing"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "sāʔid",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "سَائِد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "preobladavašt",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "преобладаващ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "gospodstvašt",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "господстващ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhǔ yào de",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "主要的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "převládající"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "topics": [
            "genetics",
            "biology",
            "medicine",
            "sciences",
            "natural-sciences"
          ],
          "word": "dominantní"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "dominant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "dominanta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "vallitseva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "hallitseva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "dominant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dominante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "dominant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kýrios",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "κύριος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "dominant'i",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "דומיננטי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "dominante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shihaiteki",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "支配的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "dominans"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "praevalens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "dominan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "dominujący"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "dominante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "rap",
          "lang": "Rapa Nui",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "mau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "dominant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dominantă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "preobladájuščij",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "преоблада́ющий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gospódstvujuščij",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "госпо́дствующий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dominírujuščij",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "домини́рующий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "dominant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 3 5 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "ruling, governing",
          "word": "nananaig"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, H. Stephen Stoker, General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, page 10:",
          "text": "All other elements are mere \"impurities\" when their abundances are compared with those of these two dominant elements.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 38:",
          "text": "It's the water that makes this area famous. […] That water is still being used to supply Blackford's two dominant industries, Tullibardine whisky distillery to the south of the village and, more significantly, Highland Spring Group's bottling plant to the north.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance."
      ],
      "id": "en-dominant-en-adj-43wrbkQY",
      "links": [
        [
          "Predominant",
          "predominant"
        ],
        [
          "common",
          "common"
        ],
        [
          "prevalent",
          "prevalent"
        ],
        [
          "importance",
          "importance"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 84 2 1 7",
          "sense": "predominant",
          "tags": [
            "common"
          ],
          "word": "prevalent"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "sāʔid",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "سَائِد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "šāʔiʕ",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "شَائِع"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "overheersend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "dominant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "epikratón",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "επικρατών"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "yperischýon",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "υπερισχύων"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "domináns"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "dominante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "predominante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "più diffuso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "dominan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "awenui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "dominante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "predominant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "preponderent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "preobladájuščij",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "преоблада́ющий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dominírujuščij",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "домини́рующий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "dominante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "imperante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "dominerande"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 82 2 1 8",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "predominant, common",
          "word": "nananaig"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 4 11 6 1 24 14 7 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Preferred and used with greater dexterity than the other, as the right hand of a right-handed person or the left hand of a left-handed one."
      ],
      "id": "en-dominant-en-adj---CjUGsf",
      "links": [
        [
          "dexterity",
          "dexterity"
        ],
        [
          "right-handed",
          "right-handed"
        ],
        [
          "left-handed",
          "left-handed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a body part) Preferred and used with greater dexterity than the other, as the right hand of a right-handed person or the left hand of a left-handed one."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a body part"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "en:Medicine",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Healthcare",
            "Sciences",
            "Health",
            "All topics",
            "Body",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation."
      ],
      "id": "en-dominant-en-adj-APBvjny-",
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "follicle",
          "follicle"
        ],
        [
          "atresia",
          "atresia"
        ],
        [
          "ovulation",
          "ovulation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Dominant seventh"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Being the dominant"
      ],
      "id": "en-dominant-en-adj-jALopU5I",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "dominant",
          "dominant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) Being the dominant"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɒmɪnənt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dominant.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dominant.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dominant.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dominant.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dominant.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɑmənənt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "dominant"
  ],
  "word": "dominant"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dem-",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Rapa Nui translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "subdominant"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "dominant",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: dominant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: dominant"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dem-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "dominant"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French dominant",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French dominant.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dominants",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dominant (plural dominants)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) 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."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:fifth major tone"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The triad built on the dominant tone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "triad",
          "triad"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) The triad built on the dominant tone."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:triad built on the dominant tone"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Genetics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1930, R. A. Fisher, J. H. Bennett, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection, page 50:",
          "text": "Finally, if we suppose provisionally that the mutant genes are dominant just as often as they are recessive, selection will be far more severe in eliminating the disadvantageous dominants than in eliminating the disadvantageous recessives.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genetics",
          "genetics"
        ],
        [
          "allele",
          "allele"
        ],
        [
          "heterozygote",
          "heterozygote"
        ],
        [
          "phenotype",
          "phenotype"
        ],
        [
          "homozygote",
          "homozygote"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(genetics) Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:genetics"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "genetics",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1966, John R. Bassett, Thinning loblolly pine from above and below, New Orleans, La: Southern Forest Experiment Station:",
          "text": "Landowners cannot afford to cut submerchantable trees, yet many hesitate to cut merchantable dominants and codominants at the risk of downgrading the residual stand.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A species or organism that is dominant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ],
        [
          "organism",
          "organism"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:dominant species or organism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "submissive#Noun"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:BDSM"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1988 December 25, Wickie Stamps, “Leather, Peace and Wombyn over Forty”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 24, page 7:",
          "text": "This calendar is not for the faint of heart (unless you have some strong butch dominant to hold you while you swoon)",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Jayne Rylon, Mistress's Master, page 65:",
          "text": "His story was a fable you told dominants in training to stress the importance of comprehending the depths of your submissive's needs.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "dominatrix"
        },
        {
          "word": "dominator"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "BDSM",
          "BDSM"
        ],
        [
          "dominating",
          "dominate"
        ],
        [
          "partner",
          "partner"
        ],
        [
          "sadomasochistic",
          "sadomasochistic"
        ],
        [
          "sexual",
          "sexual"
        ],
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(BDSM) The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:BDSM"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "BDSM",
        "lifestyle",
        "sexuality"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɒmɪnənt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dominant.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dominant.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dominant.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dominant.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dominant.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɑmənənt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dominator"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dominanta",
      "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "доминанта"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dominanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dominant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
      "word": "dominantti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
      "word": "huippusävel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "despózousa",
      "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δεσπόζουσα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
      "word": "domináns"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dominanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dominante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dominánta",
      "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "домина́нта"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dominant"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dominánta",
      "sense": "tone of a musical scale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "доміна́нта"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "dominant BDSM partner",
      "word": "superulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dominanṭi",
      "sense": "dominant BDSM partner",
      "word": "დომინანტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "organism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dominant"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "dominant"
  ],
  "word": "dominant"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “ruling”",
      "word": "obedient"
    },
    {
      "english": "one who obeys",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “ruling”",
      "word": "submissive"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “ruling”",
      "word": "defiant"
    },
    {
      "english": "one who defys",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “ruling”",
      "word": "rebellious"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dem-",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Rapa Nui translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "antidominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "codominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "co-dominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "dominance"
    },
    {
      "word": "dominantly"
    },
    {
      "word": "dominant seventh"
    },
    {
      "word": "dominant seventh chord"
    },
    {
      "word": "equidominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "eudominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "heterodominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "hyperdominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "immunodominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "monodominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "nondominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "overdominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "phenodominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "postdominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "pseudodominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasidominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "semidominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "serodominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "superdominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "transdominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "tremordominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "underdominant"
    },
    {
      "word": "undominant"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dem-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "dominant"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French dominant",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French dominant.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dominant",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dominant",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dominant (comparative more dominant, superlative most dominant)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The dominant party controlled the government.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:",
          "text": "The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, […] but imperious, insolent, and cruel.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ruling; governing; prevailing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "governing",
          "governing"
        ],
        [
          "prevailing",
          "prevailing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, H. Stephen Stoker, General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, page 10:",
          "text": "All other elements are mere \"impurities\" when their abundances are compared with those of these two dominant elements.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 38:",
          "text": "It's the water that makes this area famous. […] That water is still being used to supply Blackford's two dominant industries, Tullibardine whisky distillery to the south of the village and, more significantly, Highland Spring Group's bottling plant to the north.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Predominant",
          "predominant"
        ],
        [
          "common",
          "common"
        ],
        [
          "prevalent",
          "prevalent"
        ],
        [
          "importance",
          "importance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Preferred and used with greater dexterity than the other, as the right hand of a right-handed person or the left hand of a left-handed one."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dexterity",
          "dexterity"
        ],
        [
          "right-handed",
          "right-handed"
        ],
        [
          "left-handed",
          "left-handed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a body part) Preferred and used with greater dexterity than the other, as the right hand of a right-handed person or the left hand of a left-handed one."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a body part"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "follicle",
          "follicle"
        ],
        [
          "atresia",
          "atresia"
        ],
        [
          "ovulation",
          "ovulation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Dominant seventh"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Being the dominant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "dominant",
          "dominant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) Being the dominant"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɒmɪnənt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dominant.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dominant.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dominant.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dominant.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dominant.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɑmənənt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "imposing"
    },
    {
      "sense": "predominant",
      "tags": [
        "common"
      ],
      "word": "prevalent"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sāʔid",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "سَائِد"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "preobladavašt",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "преобладаващ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gospodstvašt",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "господстващ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǔ yào de",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "主要的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "převládající"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "genetics",
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "dominantní"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "dominant"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "dominanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "vallitseva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "hallitseva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "dominant"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dominante"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "dominant"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kýrios",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κύριος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "dominant'i",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "דומיננטי"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "dominante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shihaiteki",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "支配的"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "dominans"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "praevalens"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "dominan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "dominujący"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "dominante"
    },
    {
      "code": "rap",
      "lang": "Rapa Nui",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "mau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dominant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dominantă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preobladájuščij",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "преоблада́ющий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gospódstvujuščij",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "госпо́дствующий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dominírujuščij",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "домини́рующий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "dominant"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "ruling, governing",
      "word": "nananaig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sāʔid",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "سَائِد"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šāʔiʕ",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "شَائِع"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "overheersend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "dominant"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epikratón",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "επικρατών"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "yperischýon",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "υπερισχύων"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "domináns"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "dominante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "predominante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "più diffuso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "dominan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "awenui"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "dominante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "predominant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "preponderent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preobladájuščij",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "преоблада́ющий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dominírujuščij",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "домини́рующий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "dominante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "imperante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "dominerande"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "predominant, common",
      "word": "nananaig"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "dominant"
  ],
  "word": "dominant"
}

Download raw JSONL data for dominant meaning in English (19.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (ca09fec and c40eb85). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.