dominance
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
superior development of one side of the body
Types & categories
- bodily property hypernym
Sense 2 noun
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
Types & categories
- condition hypernym
- ascendant hyponym
- supremacy hyponym
- predomination hyponym
- dominion hyponym
- regulation hyponym
- absolutism hyponym
- monopoly hyponym
Related & opposite
- ascend derivation
- dominate derivation
- dominant derivation
- dominating derivation
Sense 3 noun
the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not
Types & categories
- organic phenomenon hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the power or right to give orders or make decisions
he has the authority to issue warrants
Types & categories
- control hypernym
- power of appointment hyponym
- carte blanche hyponym
- command hyponym
- imperium hyponym
- lordship hyponym
- muscle hyponym
- sovereignty hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bodily property |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascend |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dominate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dominant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dominating |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | condition |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ascendant |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | supremacy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | predomination |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dominion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | regulation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | absolutism |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | monopoly |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dominant |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | genetics |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | organic phenomenon |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | master |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | potent |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | control |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | power of appointment |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | carte blanche |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | command |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | imperium |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lordship |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | muscle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sovereignty |