dominate
/ˈdɑ.məˌneɪt/verb3 syllables
Dominate means: be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance.
Synonyms for dominate10
What does dominate mean?5
verb
1
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance“Money reigns supreme here”
2
look down on“The villa dominates the town”
3
be greater in significance than“the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness”
4
have dominance or the power to defeat over“Her pain completely mastered her”
5
be in control“Her husband completely dominates her”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Dominate in a sentence
- Due to his skill in cutting corners, he managed to dominate the senior staff.AlanF_US
- In a city, the economic activity dominates commerce, craft, industry, traffic and administration.dmaddock
- Two bishops working together control so many squares that they can dominate the board.carlosalberto
- He dominates his family and makes all the decisions.CM
- The cathedral dominates the view of the city.AlanF_US
- AI dominates the world's most widely spoken living languages and even some dead languages.carlosalberto
- The US wants to dominate the whole world.Amastan
- The US is trying to dominate the world.Amastan
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Forms of dominate
as a verb
- past tense
- dominated
- present participle
- dominating
- third-person singular
- dominates
- past participle
- dominated