dominates
USDOM-uh-nayts/ˈdɑ.məˌneɪts/UKDOM-i-nayts/ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪts/
- 1Third-person singular present tense of dominate.
The home team dominates possession for most of the game.
A single oak dominates the small garden behind the house.
Note
The present-tense form that agrees with a singular subject: the home team, a single oak, or one node of a directed graph that precedes another on every path. The -s belongs only to the verb. Dominate also works as an adjective meaning "dominant," and that use never takes it. Most of the verb's meanings are transitive, so a direct object usually follows: it dominates the market, the valley, the conversation.
dominates is a form of dominate
dominate, verb: To hold a commanding position within a particular field or activity. Full entry
- Forms
- dominatedominates he/she/itdominating -ing formdominated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- dominate → dominates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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