dominance.

1. Controlling, leading or strongly prevailing influence in the relevant relationship.

2. The expression of one allele’s associated trait in a heterozygous state relative to another allele at the same locus.

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Words that belong together

• market dominance
• dominance of an institution

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The institution’s dominance depended on control of the shared process rather than its size alone.

Market dominance was assessed against the relevant market and alternatives.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: criterion analysis, relative importance, potential and actual distinction, evidence interpretation. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, research and conceptual explanation. Commonness: moderately common.