dominant role

collocation in English

meanings of dominantand role

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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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Examples of dominant role

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Why does inflammation persist: a dominantrole for the stromal microenvironment?
In the viscous-convective range the viscosity plays a dominantrole but the diffusion can be neglected.
As a result, many sectors such as health and education are highly (and often illegally) privatized despite the constitutionally guaranteed dominantrole of the state.
Conversely, committees failed in those cases where party politics played the dominantrole.
The third-sector-dominant model in which voluntary organisations play the dominantrole in both the financing and provision of services.
However, it fails to achieve a dominantrole by the time of breakthrough.
The existence of critical points plays a dominantrole in the dynamics of smooth maps.
The value near the wall did not seem to be as important because of the dominantrole of production and dissipation in this region.
From c. 1300 onwards, this type of lease acquired a dominantrole in the exploitation of landownership there.
In the second half of the first year, object and social play are combined with vision continuing to play a dominantrole.
Together, these three segments are another example of the tension-release pairing that has had a dominantrole since the beginning of the work.
Turning to the pull factors, wage differences play a dominantrole in most neoclassical economic theories of migration.
For some cells linear and static nonlinear processes may play a dominantrole whereas for others dynamic nonlinearities may be critical.
It is shown that the coherent structure plays a dominantrole in entrainment and vorticity transport.
So, the ions play a passive role as a neutralizing background and the dominantrole in dynamics is played by the electron species.
This implies a dominantrole for families in old-age support provision.
This will also free males from the necessity of playing such a dominantrole and allow the development of better relationships.
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