dominate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɒm.əˌneɪt/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈdɑ.məˌneɪt/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈdɑ.mɪˌneɪt/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈdɒm.əˌneɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɔm.ɪˌnæɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɔm.əˌnæɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɒm.əˌnæɪt/
ipa: [ˈdɔ̟m.əˌnæɪt]
Forms: form: dominates
form: dominating
form: dominated
form: dominated
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dominātus, perfect active participle of dominor (“to rule, have dominion”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dominus (“lord, master”) + -or (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The title of this article evokes memories of the beginning of World War II and reveals one method dictators use to increase their power. In China’s case, Xi Jinping’s Anschluss of Hong Kong in June 2020 fits nicely with the way Hitler began his initial European expansion strategy, called Lebensraum (living space). In Zweites Buch, Hitler said that to dominate the world, Germany must expand its borders and areas it controls. The first way to start achieving Lebensraum would be through Anschluss — the unification of Austria and Germany. Further, he envisioned an expansion that would include Poland, Czechoslovakia, the rest of Europe and Russia.
ref: 2021 March 15, Guermantes Lailari, “The Lebensraum Factor in Xi Jinping’s Strategy for Hong Kong and Taiwan”, in Jewish Policy Center, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2021:
antonyms: obey
submit
glosses: To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
examples: text: THE THREE DOMINANT FORMS IN METALSMITHING […] At present, there are but three basic volumetric forms dominating the work of metalsmiths, the spherical (usually in its most practical form, the domical), the cylindrical, and the cubical. […] The possibilities for further variations on them are all but exhausted, there being little chance to express new and unusual ideas within the framework of such limited choices. As a result, much of twentieth-century metalsmithing has relied on surface enrichment rather than formal development for its originality.
ref: 1978, Heikki Seppä, Form Emphasis for Metalsmiths, [Kent, Oh.]: Kent State University Press, →ISBN, page 1:
antonyms: obey
submit
glosses: To exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
examples: text: Individual mistakes proved costly for Wigan who, particularly after the half-time introduction of Hugo Rodallega, dominated for long periods.
ref: 2011 October 15, Michael Da Silva, “Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:
text: Halogen dominates standard bulb shipments, the association reported, representing almost half of the total, followed by CFLs at about 27 percent, a share that is on the decline.
ref: 2016 February 1, Diane Cardwell, “G.E. to Phase Out CFL Bulbs”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To enjoy a commanding position in some field
examples: text: Our arrival at Worcester is heralded by the appearance of the city's cathedral tower, a solid square structure that's dominated the skyline since the 12th century.
ref: 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:
glosses: To overlook from a height.
topics: computing
engineering
graph-theory
human-sciences
linguistics
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To precede another node of a directed graph in all paths from the start of the graph to the other node.
Derived terms: codominate
codominated
dominable
dominand
dominatable
dominatee
dominatingly
dominative
male-dominated
nondominated
overdominate
phenodominate
postdominate
redominate
undominated
undominating
Related terms: domain
dominant
domination
dominator
domineering
dominion