Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- transitive v. To control, govern, or rule by superior authority or power: Successful leaders dominate events rather than react to them.
- transitive v. To exert a supreme, guiding influence on or over: Ambition dominated their lives.
- transitive v. To enjoy a commanding, controlling position in: a drug company that dominates the tranquilizer market.
- transitive v. To overlook from a height: a view from the cliffside chalet that dominates the valley.
- intransitive v. To have or exert strong authority or mastery.
- intransitive v. To be situated in or occupy a position that is more elevated or decidedly superior to others.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- v. To exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- v. To enjoy a commanding position in some field
- n. A powerful underarm volley shot.
- n. To overlook from a height
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- intransitive v. To be dominant.
- transitive v. To predominate over; to rule; to govern.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To bear rule over; control by mastery; govern; sway.
- Hence To affect controllingly or most prominently; have chief influence over or effect upon; overshadow: as, a dominating feature in a landscape.
- To hold control; predominate; prevail.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. be greater in significance than
- v. look down on
- v. be in control
- v. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- v. have dominance or the power to defeat over
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Examples
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As galling as it is to realize that the BRR and its registered authors and publishers will derive income from millions of books they didn ` t write or publish, it is even more galling that copyright maximalists will almost certain dominate the BRR governing board.
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However, as the demographics of the U.S. change, the Republicans will dominate is so few states that they will be irrelevant.
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There will be no repeat of the stunt by Irish bookmakers Paddy Power which saw a giant sign bearing their name dominate the Cheltenham skyline during the March Festival.
Starspangledbanner ready for Haydock after passing gallops test
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The 55th-ranked Austrian started to dominate from the baseline and won the next five games.
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Says he's going back down to 147 so he can once again dominate his opponents.
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People tend to have one side of their brain dominate their thought patterns.
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Indeed, Saturn's thick atmosphere, where circularly-shaped waves and convective cells dominate, is perhaps the last place you'd expect to see such a six-sided geometric figure, yet there it is.
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` ` Coach Hatchell wanted us to dominate from the beginning, and that's what we did, '' said Larkins, who finished with 14 points, six rebounds, five steals and six assists.
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Kidd factor: Jason Kidd can dominate from the perimeter almost as well as O'Neal can from inside and is one of the smartest players in the league.
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Read your dictionary and you will see this as a definition of the word dominate: To control, govern, or rule by superior authority or power.
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