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dominances

dominances is the plural of dominance.

Meaning of dominance

Noun

dominance (countable and uncountable, plural dominances)

  1. The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
    • But with the lively Dos Santos pulling the strings behind strikers Pavlyuchenko and Defoe, Spurs controlled the first half without finding the breakthrough their dominance deserved.2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport
  2. Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
    • Shepard: Too many lives were lost at that base. I'm not sorry it's gone.
      Illusive Man: The first of many lives.
      Illusive Man: The technology from that base could have secured human dominance in the galaxy. Against the Reapers and beyond.2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC
  3. A feeling of power and capacity to act or control another.
  4. The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
  5. of an allele, the degree to which it expresses its phenotype when heterozygous, such as whether it is dominant or recessive.

Questions about dominances

What is dominances the plural of?
Dominances is the plural of dominance.

Words near dominances in the dictionary

  1. domina
  2. dominability
  3. dominable
  4. dominae
  5. dominance
  6. dominances
  7. dominancies
  8. dominancy
  9. dominand
  10. dominant
  11. dominant seventh

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