dominance

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(noun.)

ADJ

clear, complete, overwhelming, total | growing, increasing | cultural, economic, military, political, territorial | market | male

VERB + DOMINANCE

achieve, assert, assume, establish, exert, gain

After years of hard work, the company finally established dominance in the smartphone industry.

have, maintain, retain

The team has dominated the sport for so long that they expect to retain dominance for many years.

challenge, undermine

The new team's success started to undermine the older players' dominance in the sport.

PREP

~ in

The tech company established its dominance in the smartphone market over the past decade.

~ over

The larger company slowly established its dominance over smaller competitors in the market.

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noun

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.

Thus approximately 98% of signs contained English, and 93.5% of signs were wholly in English. As far as linguistic landscapes go, this is a case of extreme monolingual dominance in a multilingual setting.

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.

3

The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.

4

of an allele, the degree to which it expresses its phenotype when heterozygous, such as whether it is dominant or recessive.

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noun — superior development of one side of the body

laterality

noun — the power or right to give orders or make decisions

authority
authorization
authorisation
potency
say-so

noun — the state that exists when one person or group has power ove

ascendance
ascendence
ascendancy
ascendency
control

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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.

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Thus approximately 98% of signs contained English, and 93.5% of signs were wholly in English. As far as linguistic landscapes go, this is a case of extreme monolingual dominance in a multilingual sett

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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 ga

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The dominance of English kills the European debate.

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The dominance of English is killing the European dialogue.

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The dominance of English in many countries made people speak their native languages less.

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