Lexic.us

Definition of Dominate

1. Verb. Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance. "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

2. Verb. Be in control. "Her husband completely dominates her"

3. Verb. Have dominance or the power to defeat over. "The methods can master the problems"

4. Verb. Be greater in significance than. "The tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"

5. Verb. Look down on. "The villa dominates the town"

Definition of Dominate

1. v. t. To predominate over; to rule; to govern.

2. v. i. To be dominant.

Definition of Dominate

1. Verb. To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power ¹

2. Verb. To exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone ¹

3. Verb. To enjoy a commanding position in some field ¹

4. Noun. (tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot. ¹

5. Noun. To overlook from a height ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dominate

1. to control [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES] - See also: control

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dominate

dominant frequency dominant gene dominant hemisphere dominant idea dominant inheritance dominant lethal trait dominant oncogene dominant seventh dominant seventh chord dominant seventh chords

dominant species dominant trait dominantly dominantly inherited Levi's disease dominants dominate (current term) dominated dominates dominateth dominating

dominating set dominatingly domination domination number dominations dominative dominator dominators dominatour

Literary usage of Dominate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"... however, the change set in which was to dominate the Middle Ages until their end—the rise of the knights and burgers, with a resultant increasing ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... it is much more so in English poetry, where the consonants dominate, though it will be only specially noticeable in the brief and quintessential forms ..."

3. A Brief History of the Great War by Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes (1920)
"CHAPTER V THE ALLIES ENDEAVOR TO dominate THE NEAR EAST ALLIED OPTIMISM IN THE SPRING OF 1915 THE events narrated in the three preceding chapters, ..."

4. The History of France from the Earliest Times to 1848 by Guizot (François), Witt (Henriette Elizabeth), Robert Black (1884)
"The long quarrel between the popes and the emperors of Germany who, as kings of the Romans, aspired to invade or dominate Italy, had made the kings of ..."

5. The Problem of Asia and Its Effect Upon International Policies by Alfred Thayer Mahan (1905)
"Communications dominate war; broadly considered, they are the most important single ... dominate ..."

6. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"... permit- See also CONSERVATION or NATURAL RESOURCES: China: BC 2297-AD 1915. Aden, it enables Britain to dominate the Suez- Mediterranean route. ..."

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