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dominate

[dom-uh-neyt]

verb (used with object)

to rule over; govern; control.

to tower above; overlook; overshadow: A tall pine dominated the landscape.

to predominate, permeate, or characterize.

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.

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)

to rule; exercise control; predominate.

to occupy a commanding or elevated position.

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Origin:
1605–15; < Latin dominātus (past participle of dominārī to master, control), equivalent to domin- (stem of dominus) master + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

dom·i·nat·ing·ly, adverb

dom·i·na·tor, noun

non·dom·i·nat·ing, adjective

o·ver·dom·i·nate, verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.

re·dom·i·nate, verb, -nat·ed, -nat·ing.

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un·dom·i·nat·ed, adjective

well-dom·i·nat·ed, adjective

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Can be confused: dominant, dominate, domineer (see synonym note at dominant).

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Recently discovered offshore energy reserves are spurring efforts to dominate the sea.

They boast strong programs in football and men's basketball, dominate many.

European shipbuilders dominate the world market for luxury cruise ships.

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Recently discovered offshore energy reserves are spurring efforts to dominate the sea.

They boast strong programs in football and men's basketball, dominate many.

European shipbuilders dominate the world market for luxury cruise ships.

In addition, a planet has to dominate the neighborhood around its orbit.

For women, chess can be a high priority but other responsibilities will dominate.

Once flowering plants evolved, they came to dominate our landscape.

Overgrown plants can quickly dominate a compact area.

It will dominate the world of small-press-run publication for a century.

It's a well known fact that literature people dominate everything these days.

It will not dominate the digital news market the way iTunes came to rule the digital music market.

Males with the bigger antlers, typically older animals, usually win these battles and dominate small herds.

At present, two separate theories dominate the world of physics.

Chimps are aggressive and warlike, and males dominate.

He didn't want the television to dominate his open-plan kitchen/family room when he had company.

With the creation of a new currency comes the opportunity to dominate the globe in paperless currency.

American universities dominate international college rankings.

Banks dominate lending, so the risk of problems hidden in the shadows of the financial system is small.

In the valleys and canyons of the middle and lower elevations, mixed broadleaf forests dominate.

So they are investing far more heavily in green energy to dominate these technologies.

Two green, refrigerator-size power hammers dominate the center of the room.

Soft greens and blue-grays dominate this patio, but the gate provides a pleasant jolt of welcoming red.

Only a handful of prestigious journals dominate the world of scholarly publishing.

First, blacks must know more about what white people and their culture because white people dominate.

Men utterly dominate such beefy industries as transport and mining.

Today two types of mammals dominate the world: marsupials and placentals.

In addition, when visual inputs conflict with clues from other senses, vision tends to dominate.

Three men, in the end, came to dominate the exploit.

Touchscreens, specialized applications and unusual form factors will dominate the mobile phone landscape in the coming year.

Trustees are getting older, as baby boomers continue to dominate boards.

The financial crisis and expected severe recession will dominate the forecast period.

By definition, they dominate their surroundings with towering height.

At some point hominids learned how to be smart and dominate the best ecosystems on the planet.

Because they dominate the landscape, big wind projects work best in places few people live.

She and her colleagues have found that in areas flooded by river waters, known as várzea forests, rollers dominate.

Some women have told me they see this effect, they usually close one eyeother and usually men, the dominate eye takes over.

The financial crisis and severe recession will dominate the forecast period.

Oak, tea, and chestnut species dominate the evergreen broad-leaved woodlands.

The males individually are dominant, but as soon as you get two or three females together they dominate the male.

It is beginning to dominate the downtown skyline as the twin towers once did.

Elsewhere in the world, dinosaurs are beginning to reach enormous sizes and to dominate the terrestrial ecosystems.

They didn't dominate nature, they lived with nature, where ever they were.

Security will continue to dominate the policy agenda.

Small banks still dominate huge swaths of the country and hold nearly half of bank deposits over all.

American colleges continue to dominate the increasingly.

The debates that dominate the discussion of the transition from high school to college.

Pluto has been demoted because it does not dominate its neighborhood.

Ink-jet printers, which dominate the desktop market, work by spraying drops of ink from nozzles onto a sheet.

Quantum computing will dominate the discussion in roughly half of the talks presented.

Companies dominate borrowing and their gearing is low.

From the sweltering tropics to backyard gardens, colorful birds dominate this collection of stunning videos.

The best guess is that psychopaths want to dominate and autistics don't.

The mouse study is typical of the type of research that seemed to dominate space shuttle science:.

Instead, it's becoming synonymous with the right of one monolithic media corporation to dominate any given market.

The position and strength of these systems vary, and any one of them can dominate the weather for a considerable time.

European countries, with their cultural acceptance of alcohol, tend to dominate the top places.

Before and behind me the glowing ramparts dominate the landscape for miles around.

Pollutants, the debris of humans' life on land, have poisoned the waters that dominate the planet.

The practice benefits elite universities and their researchers who dominate such publications.

Rich countries dominate the market by volume, but growth was concentrated in emerging markets.

As energy issues dominate world headlines, the lessons of the past are increasingly important.

For years, pundits have wondered which language will eventually dominate.

European cities dominate the list, reflecting the weakness of the dollar.

They're masters of innovation and technology, global thinkers that dominate their industries and point the way to the future.

Further, that aggressive stance might lead to a need to physically dominate nature in general.

TV, magazine and newspaper buys still dominate ad spending overall, but their growth is slowing.

While communicating about the budget is important, it's essential that it not dominate the conversation, presidents say.

Queens dominate hornet hives and are the only females to reproduce.

But matter and energy do dilute as the volume of the universe increases, so dark energy slowly came to dominate.

The nation's scientists and business execs increasingly dominate the cutting edge of this emerging industry.

As time progressed administrators and administrative functions came to dominate the university.

Though males are larger and more colorful, females dominate gelada societies.

Sometimes the media narratives dominate or limit the play.

The so-called river rabbits have come to dominate the country's waterways since they were released into the wild a century ago.

The air itself doesn't necessarily sit still, but the pressure patterns which dominate the weather persist.

That's because today's airplane fuels are low in sulfur, and power plants now dominate sulfur dioxide emissions.

Slots and video poker machines dominate the western end of this mega-size gambling den, filling the air with synthesized bleats.

Today many oversee vast business empires involved in construction, telecommunications and industry which dominate import-export.

Having made the leap to go electric, range anxiety simply does not dominate or define his experience.

Such accusations trigger emotional reflexes that dominate more rational thought patterns.

The accusations open another front in the war over whether apps or the web will dominate the net's future.

His ambitions, from the outset, were large: he thought it was important to dominate as much of the market as quickly as possible.

He no longer has to try to dominate the pack because he now knows he is not the boss.

Gravity would become more dominate than magnetic forces allowing for same signs to connect.

The idea that an opaque government might come to dominate global capitalism is unappealing.

The vegetation is sparse, and cattle and people dominate.

They dominate the consumer-lending market, which in other countries is shared between specialised.

He made the work in rusted cast iron, a marked contrast to the shiny metallic surfaces that dominate the art market.

Economists long ago pointed out why it is bad for a single firm to dominate a market.

There is a growing need for energy in the world, and fossil fuels will dominate the energy mix for decades to come.

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World English Dictionary

dominate (ˈdɒmɪˌneɪt)

—vb
1.	to control, rule, or govern (someone or something)
2.	to tower above (surroundings, etc); overlook
3.	(tr; usually passive) to predominate in (something or someone)

[C17: from Latin dominārī to be lord over, from dominus lord]

'dominating

—*adj*

'dominatingly

—*adv*

'dominative

—*adj*

'dominator

—n

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Word Origin & History

dominate

1610s, from L. dominat-, pp. stem of dominari "to govern," from dominus (see domain). Related: Dominated; dominating.

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