different between dominant vs leading

English

Etymology

From Middle French dominant.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?m?n?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?m?n?nt/

Noun

dominant (plural dominants)

1. (music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
2. (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.
3. (genetics) A gene that is dominant.
   • 1930, R. A. Fisher, J. H. Bennett, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection (page 50)

     Finally, if we suppose provisionally that the mutant genes are dominant just as often as they are recessive, selection will be far more severe in eliminating the disadvantageous dominants than in eliminating the disadvantageous recessives.

4. A species or organism that is dominant.
   • 1966, John R. Bassett, Southern Forest Experiment Station (New Orleans, La.), Thinning loblolly pine from above and below

     Landowners cannot afford to cut submerchantable trees, yet many hesitate to cut merchantable dominants and codominants at the risk of downgrading the residual stand.

5. (BDSM) The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
   • 2011, Jayne Rylon, Mistress's Master (page 65)

     His story was a fable you told dominants in training to stress the importance of comprehending the depths of your submissive's needs.

Synonyms

• dominator

Translations

Adjective

dominant (comparative more dominant, superlative most dominant)

1. Ruling; governing; prevailing

   The dominant party controlled the government.
2. Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.

   The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers.

   • 2009, H. Stephen Stoker, General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, page 10

     All other elements are mere "impurities" when their abundances are compared with those of these two dominant elements.

3. (medicine) Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.

Synonyms

• (ruling, governing): imposing
• (predominant, common): prevalent

Antonyms

• (ruling): obedient, submissive (one who obeys); defiant, rebellious (one who defys)

Translations

Catalan

Adjective

dominant (masculine and feminine plural dominants)

1. dominant

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French dominant, from Middle French dominant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?do?.mi?n?nt/
• Hyphenation: do?mi?nant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

dominant (comparative dominanter, superlative dominantst)

1. dominant

   Synonym: overheersend

2. (genetics) dominant

Inflection

Derived terms

• dominantie

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.mi.n??/

Verb

dominant

1. present participle of dominer

Adjective

dominant (feminine singular dominante, masculine plural dominants, feminine plural dominantes)

1. dominant

Derived terms

• vent dominant

Further reading

• “dominant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

dominant (comparative dominanter, superlative am dominantesten)

1. dominant

Declension

Further reading

• “dominant” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French dominant.

Adjective

dominant m or n (feminine singular dominant?, masculine plural dominan?i, feminine and neuter plural dominante)

1. dominant

Declension

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ledinge, ledynge, ledand, ledande, ledende, from Old English l?dende, from Proto-Germanic *laidijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *laidijan? (“to lead”), equivalent to lead +? -ing. Cognate with German Leitung (“lin, conduit, cable”). More at lead.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?li?d??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?lid??/
• Rhymes: -i?d??
• Hyphenation: lead?ing

Verb

leading

1. present participle of lead

Adjective

leading (not comparable)

1. Providing guidance or direction.

2. Ranking first.

3. Occurring in advance; preceding.

   Antonyms: following, lagging, trailing

Coordinate terms

• (occurring in advance): concurrent, lagging

Hyponyms

• industry-leading

Derived terms

• leading indicator

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English leding, ledyng, ledinge, ledunge, equivalent to lead +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?li?d??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?lid??/
• Rhymes: -i?d??
• Hyphenation: lead?ing

Noun

leading (plural leadings)

1. An act by which one is led or guided.

Etymology 3

From Middle English leedynge, equivalent to lead (chemical element) +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?l?d??/
• Rhymes: -?d??
• Hyphenation: lead?ing

Noun

leading (uncountable)

1. (typography) Vertical space added between lines; line spacing.

Translations

Further reading

• leading on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Negidal, adeling, aligned, dealign, dealing, diangle, lagenid, leidang