dominant figure

collocation in English

meaningsofdominantandfigure

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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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figure
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɪɡ.ər/us
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
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(Definition ofdominantandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He invented it and is adominantfigure.
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With his vast knowledge in religious lore, the arts, and science, he quickly became thedominantfigurein that group.
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It has adominantfigureof a hummingbird.
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He bought a fourth interest in the paper, and at once became adominantfigurein the office as well as the community.
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Foyle would be adominantfigureat the club throughout the 1990s.
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Although he struggled at first, he broke into the first team, and became adominantfigure.
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As the chief executive and constitutionally thedominantfigurein the political system, the prime minister has the final word in major foreign policy decisions.
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Like their pirate counterparts, they display a dichotomy of a fat, blustering,dominantfigureversus a thin, semi-perceptive, reticent figure.
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He was thedominantfigurein an inquiry on an international scale undertaken in 1932.
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Whereas man has had the upper hand compared to woman and is adominantfigurewith greater prestige in every group.
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He became adominantfigurein horse racing circles.
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Constitutionally thedominantfigurein the political system, the prime minister has the final word in major foreign policy decisions.
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He was adominantfigurein the tobacco trade.
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He was generally considered thedominantfigurein vice, especially gambling, on the island.
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Anthony was thedominantfigurein the merged organization.
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Murray became the nextdominantfigurein the sport.
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Lewis quickly asserted himself as adominantfigurein what was then the largest and most influential trade union in the country.
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Thompson shortly became the field's mostdominantfigureand its uncontested expert.
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Now an adult, the woman has entered into a relationship where the man is thedominantfigureand is either ignorant or uncaring when she objects.
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By the 1850s and 1860s they were dominant figures in the art of line-engraving.
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