dominant characteristic

collocation in English

meaningsofdominantandcharacteristic

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dominant
adjective
uk
/ˈdɒm.ɪ.nənt/us
/ˈdɑː.mə.nənt/
more important, strong, or noticeable than anything else of the ...
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characteristic
noun[C]
uk
/ˌkær.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌker.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/
a typical or noticeable quality of someone ...
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(Definition ofdominantandcharacteristicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thedominantcharacteristicof the period was the creation of garden suburbs.
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Secondly, thedominantcharacteristicof the system would become the direct link between private patrons and the arts.
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The onedominantcharacteristicof his life was his strong sense of public duty.
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It embeds the single mostdominantcharacteristicof a city; its networked character perpetuated by information technology.
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Some audiences or readers may project themselves into this character, if nodominantcharacteristicof the everyman prevents them from doing so.
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As adominantcharacteristicin the soil, the permafrost also influences the degree to which water percolates into the soil.
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This is tolerated, as a law is classified by itsdominantcharacteristic.
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Anotherdominantcharacteristicis his tendency to deliver sarcastic, dryly humorous remarks, some of which get him into trouble.
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The prospect, or dream wish, is of differentiation within homogeneity and repetition, the dominant characteristics of mass production.
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It is a mainland barangay with plain and hilly dominant characteristics and its type of soil is sandy.
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Especially in the early years of the breed's history, some inbreeding occurred, both by accident and design, which served to reinforce the dominant characteristics of the breed.
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One of the pair was a confederate trying to display dominant characteristics and the reactions to the dominant behaviors served as the dependent variable in the study.
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