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[ dawr -muh nt ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈdɔr mənt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
in a state of rest or inactivity; inoperative; in abeyance: The project is dormant for the time being.
Biology . in a state of minimal metabolic activity with cessation of growth, either as a reaction to adverse conditions or as part of an organism's normal annual rhythm.
undisclosed; unasserted: dormant musical talent.
(of a volcano) not erupting.
Botany . temporarily inactive: dormant buds; dormant seeds.
(of a pesticide) applied to a plant during a period of dormancy: a dormant spray.
Heraldry . (of an animal) represented as lying with its head on its forepaws, as if asleep.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of dormant First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English dorma(u)nt from Anglo-French, present participle of dormir from Latin dormīre “to sleep”; see -ant
SYNONYMS FOR dormant 1, 2 quiescent.
4 latent.
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synonym study for dormant 1, 2 . See inactive.
OTHER WORDS FROM dormant non·dor·mant, adjective sem·i·dor·mant, adjective Words nearby dormant Dorking, Dorkland, dorky, dorm, dormancy, dormant , dormer, dormeuse, dormie, dormient, dormin
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The Tea Party caucus she helped found to much fanfare in 2011 is now dormant .
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She had the smile called wide, and it lit up her whole face with rare flashes of dormant humor.
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The bulbs should be dormant for four or five months in a dry place with a temperature of about 50.
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To which he answered in the negative, observing that they were a dormant security.
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What was the state of the case now no one exactly knew; though it was shrewdly suspected that the engagement was only dormant .
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No doubt, dormant within me lies every besetting sin, every human failing.
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British Dictionary definitions for dormant adjective quiet and inactive, as during sleep
latent or inoperative
(of a volcano) neither extinct nor erupting
biology alive but in a resting torpid condition with suspended growth and reduced metabolism
(usually postpositive) heraldry (of a beast) in a sleeping position
Derived forms of dormant dormancy , noun Word Origin for dormant C14: from Old French dormant, from dormir to sleep, from Latin dormīre
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Words related to dormant latent, inert, inoperative, passive, asleep, comatose, sluggish, sidelined, down, fallow, lethargic, lurking, potential, quiescent, slack, suspended, torpid, abeyant, closed down, hibernating
Scientific definitions for dormant Being in an inactive state during which growth and development cease and metabolism is slowed, usually in response to an adverse environment. In winter, some plants survive as dormant seeds or bulbs, and some animals enter the dormant state of hibernation.
Not active but capable of renewed activity. Volcanoes that have erupted within historical times and are expected to erupt again are dormant.
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