Link Centre Dictionary

dominate

do·mi·nate

UK/ˈdɒmənət/ US/ˈdɑmənət/ fairly common

verb

1.

be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

  • “Money reigns supreme here”
  • “Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood”
Synonyms
2.

be in control; rule the roost

  • “Her husband completely dominates her”
3.

have dominance or the power to defeat over

  • “Her pain completely mastered her”
  • “The methods can master the problems”
Synonyms
4.

look down on

  • “The villa dominates the town”
Synonyms

Origin

Ultimately from Latin dominor (“rule, have dominion”), either from Latin dominātus, the perfect active participle of dominor (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), or via phonetic alteration of the synonym dominant, from Latin domināns, the present active participle of the same. Compare the pairs predominate / predominant and obstinate / obstinant.

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.