Dominant meaning in English

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Definition

dominant: main, chief, controlling, lead, commanding, ruling adjective

Examples

"In the mid-90s, Shmike was one of the hottest stocks on the market: their products were dominant domestically and abroad."

Exercise 1

Choose the TRUE statements from the list below based on the dialogue you just heard.

There may be more than one correct answer!

Shmike committed labor abuses in Asia during the 1990s.

Shmike produced sweatshirts in Asian facilities.

Shmike products were successful both nationally and internationally during the 1990s.

Shmike was accused of overpaying their workers in Asia.

Choose the TRUE statements from the list below based on the dialogue you just heard.

There may be more than one correct answer!

Shmike committed labor abuses in Asia during the 1990s.

Susie says that Shmike was "guilty" of labor abuses in China, Vietnam and Indonesia in 1999. To be "guilty" of something is to be responsible for it (legally, financially, etc). A criminal is found "guilty" or innocent by a court of law. If Shmike was revealed to be guilty of labor abuses, they committed labor abuses.

Shmike produced sweatshirts in Asian facilities.

Susie says that Shmike's facilities in Asia were essentially "sweatshops". A "sweatshop" is a factory or manufacturing plant in which workers are exploited, abused or underpaid. The term "sweatshop" is unrelated to "sweatshirts", or any type of merchandise.

Shmike products were successful both nationally and internationally during the 1990s.

Susie says that Shmike's products were "dominant", meaning they were successful (even that they dominated the market) during the 1990s. Susie adds that the products were dominant both "domestically", meaning on a national level (or within the U.S.), and "abroad", meaning "overseas" (or outside the U.S.). "Domestic" and "abroad" are synonymous with "national and international" in this context, and "dominant" shares a close meaning with the term "successful".

Shmike was accused of overpaying their workers in Asia.

On the contrary, Susie says that Shmike refused to pay their Asian workers the money they were promised. This isn't an example of "overpaying", which is to pay more than what is expected or appropriate.

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