dominate

Formsdominates, dominating, dominated

Pluraldominates

1. 1
   verbtransitive

   To be the strongest or most successful one in an area or activity.

   Like being the best player on a team that everyone else is trying to catch.

   Few runners can dominate this race like she does.

   That brand dominates the local coffee market.

   Similarlead, rule, control, monopolize

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2. 2
   verbtransitive

   To have so much control over someone or something that it shapes everything they do.

   Like one loud voice that drowns out everyone else in a room.

   His fear of failure dominates every choice he makes.

   Strict parents can dominate a child's whole life.

   Similarcontrol, rule, govern, monopolize, overshadow

   Oppositeobey, submit

3. 3
   verbtransitive

   To rule or control people or a place using greater power.

   Like a big kid who decides what game everyone else has to play.

   The empire dominated its neighbors for centuries.

   A few powerful families dominate the small town.

   Similarcontrol, rule, govern, subjugate, command

   Oppositeobey, submit

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4. 4
   verbtransitive

   To stand high above a place and look down over it.

   Like a tall tree that towers over all the smaller bushes around it.

   The castle dominates the small village below.

   Tall cliffs dominate the quiet harbor.

   Similaroverlook, command, overshadow

5. 5
   adjectivenonstandard

   Stronger, more in charge, or more common than the others around it.

   "My little sister is the dominate one in our house. She always gets the TV remote," Jake joked.

   "By August those weeds were the dominate plant in our whole yard," Dad complained.

   Similardominant, assertive, predominant

   Oppositesubmissive, passive

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6. 6
   verbtransitive

   In a network of connected points, to lie on every path that leads from the start to another point.

   Like a single bridge that everyone must cross to reach a town beyond it.

   In this diagram, the first box dominates every box that follows it.

   A single starting point can dominate many later points in the chart.

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7. 7
   nounhistoricalcountable or uncountable

   The later stage of the Roman Empire, when emperors ruled as open, full rulers and the old republic had disappeared.

   Like a kingdom where the king stops pretending to share power and rules alone.

   During the Dominate, the emperor held nearly total power.

   The Dominate replaced an earlier, less open style of rule.

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