dominance C1 Topic:The Human Body US /ˈdɑmɪnəns/ UK /ˈdɒmɪnəns/ See IPA manual Freq #20947 Meanings 1 noun The state of having more power, influence, or success than others. The team's dominance in the league lasted for a decade. 2 noun In genetics, the way one form of a gene shows in the body while the other does not. Brown eye colour shows dominance over blue. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the state of having more... controlauthorization Word family Derived forms antidominancecodominancedominancyequidominanceeurodominancehyperdominanceimmunodominancemonodominancenondominanceoverdominancepostdominancepseudodominance Common collocations apparent dominance Adjective + noun Etymology From dominant + -ance. Topics The Human Body External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # dominance **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdɑmɪnəns/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdɒmɪnəns/ **Frequency rank:** 20947 ## Meanings 1. The state of having more power, influence, or success than others. 2. In genetics, the way one form of a gene shows in the body while the other does not. ## Examples - The team's dominance in the league lasted for a decade. - Brown eye colour shows dominance over blue. ## Derived Forms - antidominance - codominance - dominancy - equidominance - eurodominance - hyperdominance - immunodominance - monodominance - nondominance - overdominance - postdominance - pseudodominance ## Etymology From dominant + -ance. ## Topics - The Human Body markdown