dominating
- 1Present participle and gerund of dominate.
The empire spent centuries dominating trade across the region.
Dominating the rankings season after season, the champion showed no signs of fading.
Note
The -ing form does double duty. With be it builds the progressive (they were dominating the market), and as a gerund it fills noun slots (accused of dominating the debate). It carries every meaning of dominate, including the spatial one: a fortress dominating the valley overlooks it from a height rather than rules it. In graph theory, a node dominating another precedes it on every path from the start.
dominating is a form of dominate
dominate, verb: To hold a commanding position within a particular field or activity. Full entry
- Spelling
- dominate → dominating: drop the e, add -ing
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