dominant
/ˈdɑmənənt/ adjective C1- Ruling; governing; prevailing · The dominant party controlled the government.
- Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance. · The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers.
- Of a body part, preferred and used with greater dexterity than the other, as the right hand of a right-handed person or the left hand of a left-handed one.
- Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.
- Being the dominant · Dominant seventh
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Heavily built and massive, there was a suggestion of uncouth physical inertia in the figure, but above this unwieldy frame there was perched a head so masterful in its brow, so alert in its steel-grey, deep-set eyes, so firm in its lips, and so subtle in its play of expression, that after the first glance one forgot the gross body and remembered only the dominant mind.
While English is the dominant tongue today, the indigenous Irish language has left an indelible mark on its vocabulary and structure.
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