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Dominate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To control, govern, or rule by superior authority or power: Successful leaders dominate events rather than react to them.

v. To exert a supreme, guiding influence on or over: Ambition dominated their lives.

v. To enjoy a commanding, controlling position in: a drug company that dominates the tranquilizer market.

v. To overlook from a height: a view from the cliffside chalet that dominates the valley.

verb-intransitive. To have or exert strong authority or mastery.

verb-intransitive. To be situated in or occupy a position that is more elevated or decidedly superior to others.

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

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To predominate over; to rule; to govern.

verb-intransitive. To be dominant.

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.

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

Word Usage

"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."

Verb Form

dominated dominates dominating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

bulk large hover brood loom

Hyponym

overbalance preponderate override outbalance outweigh overarch

Form

dominated dominating

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

rule govern

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

denominate nominate predominate