The company's analysis shows that in over 60% of all accidents in the past ten years, the behavior of the flight crew was the dominant cause.
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Dominant
//ˈdɒmɪnənt//
Synonyms for "dominant" (206 found)
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Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (61)
Related words (103)
numbernumber oneofficialon the throneordinaryoutstandingoverbearingovercomingoverridingoverrulingpandemicparamountpatent notepedal pointpopularpossessivepotentpowerpowerfulpredominate
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predominatingpreeminentpremierprepollentpreponderantpreponderatepreponderatingprepotentprestigiousprevailingprimalprimaryprimeprincipalprominentpuissantquarter notequaverrampantrankingregnantregulatingregulativeregulatoryreigningreportresponding noteriferoutinerulingrunningsemibrevesemiquaverseniorshaped notesharpsixteenth notesixty-fourth notesovereignspiccatostaccatostandardstarstellarstereotypedsubdominantsubmediantsubstantialsubtonicsuccessfulsupereminentsupertonicsurpassingsustained noteswayingtercetthirty-second notetonalitytonetonictonic keytopflighttopmosttotalitariantranscendenttriplettriumphaltriumphantuppermostusualvanquishingvictoriousweightywhole notewinning
Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Noun(1 words)
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3 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesderived
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
has context
4 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
similar
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
73 translations across 31 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- سَائِد adj (ruling, governing)
- سَائِد adj (predominant, common)
- شَائِع adj (predominant, common)
Bulgarian
3 entries- господстващ adj (ruling, governing)
- преобладаващ adj (ruling, governing)
- доминанта noun (tone of a musical scale)
Catalan
3 entries- dominant adj (ruling, governing)
- imperant adj (ruling, governing)
- dominant noun (tone of a musical scale)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 主要 adj (ruling, governing)
- 屬音 /属音 noun (tone of a musical scale)
Czech
3 entries- dominantní adj (ruling, governing)
- převládající adj (ruling, governing)
- dominanta noun (tone of a musical scale)
Dutch
3 entries- dominant adj (ruling, governing)
- overheersend adj (predominant, common)
- dominant noun (tone of a musical scale)
Esperanto
2 entries- dominanta adj (ruling, governing)
- superulo noun (dominant BDSM partner)
Finnish
4 entries- hallitseva adj (ruling, governing)
- vallitseva adj (ruling, governing)
- dominantti noun (tone of a musical scale)
- huippusävel noun (tone of a musical scale)
French
2 entries- dominant adj (ruling, governing)
- dominant adj (predominant, common)
Galician
1 entries- dominante adj (ruling, governing)
Georgian
1 entries- დომინანტი noun (dominant BDSM partner)
German
1 entries- dominant adj (ruling, governing)
Greek
4 entries- επικρατών adj (predominant, common)
- κύριος adj (ruling, governing)
- υπερισχύων adj (predominant, common)
- δεσπόζουσα noun (tone of a musical scale)
Hebrew
1 entries- דומיננטי adj (ruling, governing)
Hungarian
2 entries- domináns adj (predominant, common)
- domináns noun (tone of a musical scale)
Italian
4 entries- dominante adj (ruling, governing)
- dominante adj (predominant, common)
- più diffuso adj (predominant, common)
- predominante adj (predominant, common)
Japanese
2 entries- 支配的 adj (ruling, governing)
- 属音 noun (tone of a musical scale)
Korean
1 entries- 딸림음 noun (tone of a musical scale)
Latin
2 entries- dominans adj (ruling, governing)
- praevalens adj (ruling, governing)
Malay
2 entries- dominan adj (ruling, governing)
- dominan adj (predominant, common)
Māori
1 entries- awenui adj (predominant, common)
Polish
3 entries- dominujący adj (ruling, governing)
- dominant noun (organism)
- dominanta noun (tone of a musical scale)
Portuguese
3 entries- dominante adj (ruling, governing)
- dominante adj (predominant, common)
- dominante noun (tone of a musical scale)
Rapa Nui
1 entries- mau adj (ruling, governing)
Romanian
4 entries- dominant adj (ruling, governing)
- dominantă adj (ruling, governing)
- predominant adj (predominant, common)
- preponderent adj (predominant, common)
Russian
4 entries- госпо́дствующий adj (ruling, governing)
- домини́рующий adj (ruling, governing)
- домини́рующий adj (predominant, common)
- преоблада́ющий adj (ruling, governing)
Spanish
2 entries- dominante adj (predominant, common)
- imperante adj (predominant, common)
Swedish
3 entries- dominant adj (ruling, governing)
- dominerande adj (predominant, common)
- dominant noun (tone of a musical scale)
Tagalog
2 entries- nananaig adj (ruling, governing)
- nananaig adj (predominant, common)
Thai
1 entries- เป็นใหญ่ adj (predominant, common)
Ukrainian
1 entries- доміна́нта noun (tone of a musical scale)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
The union exerts a dominant influence on the conservative party.
Source: tatoeba (43417)
The union has a dominant influence on the conservative party.
Source: tatoeba (45641)
The problem is one of determining the dominant factors in this phenomenon.
Source: tatoeba (56026)
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