dominant role
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdominantandrole
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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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role
noun[C]
uk/rəʊl/us/roʊl/
the position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation, organization, society, ...
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(Definition ofdominantandrolefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdominant role
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Why does inflammation persist: adominantrolefor the stromal microenvironment?
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In the viscous-convective range the viscosity plays adominantrolebut the diffusion can be neglected.
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As a result, many sectors such as health and education are highly (and often illegally) privatized despite the constitutionally guaranteeddominantroleof the state.
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Conversely, committees failed in those cases where party politics played thedominantrole.
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The third-sector-dominant model in which voluntary organisations play thedominantrolein both the financing and provision of services.
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However, it fails to achieve adominantroleby the time of breakthrough.
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The existence of critical points plays adominantrolein the dynamics of smooth maps.
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The value near the wall did not seem to be as important because of thedominantroleof production and dissipation in this region.
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From c. 1300 onwards, this type of lease acquired adominantrolein the exploitation of landownership there.
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In the second half of the first year, object and social play are combined with vision continuing to play adominantrole.
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Together, these three segments are another example of the tension-release pairing that has had adominantrolesince the beginning of the work.
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Turning to the pull factors, wage differences play adominantrolein most neoclassical economic theories of migration.
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For some cells linear and static nonlinear processes may play adominantrolewhereas for others dynamic nonlinearities may be critical.
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It is shown that the coherent structure plays adominantrolein entrainment and vorticity transport.
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So, the ions play a passive role as a neutralizing background and thedominantrolein dynamics is played by the electron species.
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This implies adominantrolefor families in old-age support provision.
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This will also free males from the necessity of playing such adominantroleand allow the development of better relationships.
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