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reign

UK/ɹeɪ̯n/ US/ɹeɪ̯n/ fairly common
verb (2) noun (3)

verb

1.

have sovereign power

  • “Henry VIII reigned for a long time”
2.

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

  • “Money reigns supreme here”
  • “Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood”
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noun

1.

a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful

  • “he was helpless under the reign of his egotism”
2.

the period during which a monarch is sovereign

  • “during the reign of Henry VIII”
3.

Phrases

  • in the reign of Queen Dick
  • reign of terror
  • reign supreme

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