to tower above; overlook; overshadow: A tall pine dominated the landscape.
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to predominate, permeate, or characterize.
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Mathematics. (of a series, vector, etc.) to have terms or components greater in absolute value than the corresponding terms or components of a given series, vector, etc.
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Linguistics. (of a node in a tree diagram) to be connected with (a subordinate node) either directly by a single downward branch or indirectly by a sequence of downward branches.
–verb (used without object)
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to rule; exercise control; predominate.
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to occupy a commanding or elevated position.
[Origin: 1605–15; < L dominātus (ptp. of dominārī to master, control), equiv. to domin- (s. of dominus) master + -ātus-ate1]
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood" [syn: predominate]
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be in control; "Her husband completely dominates her"
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have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems"
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be greater in significance than; "the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness" [syn: overshadow]
Dom"i*nant\, a. [L. dominans, -antis, p. pr. of dominari: cf. F. dominant. See Dominate.] Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power. The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but imperious, insolent, and cruel. --Macaulay. Dominant estate or tenement (Law), the estate to which a servitude or easement is due from another estate, the estate over which the servitude extends being called the servient estate or tenement. --Bouvier. --Wharton's Law Dict. Dominant owner (Law), one who owns lands on which there is an easement owned by another. Syn: Governing; ruling; controlling; prevailing; predominant; ascendant.
Dom"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dominated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dominating.] [L. dominatus, p. p. of dominari to dominate, fr. dominus master, lord. See Dame, and cf. Domineer.] To predominate over; to rule; to govern. "A city dominated by the ax." --Dickens. We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either dominant or dominated. --W. Tooke.
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