[ˈdɒmɪnənt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- having power and influence over others
(e.g: they are now in an even more dominant position in the market)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin dominant- ‘ruling, governing’, from the verb dominari (see dominate)

[ˈdɒmɪnənt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a dominant trait or gene
(e.g: this disorder is inherited as a dominant)

- the fifth note of the diatonic scale of any key, or the key based on this, considered in relation to the key of the tonic


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin dominant- ‘ruling, governing’, from the verb dominari (see dominate)