adj
Meaning 1
Dominant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dominate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɒmənət/
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Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈdɑmənət/
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Canada, dialectal: /ˈdɒmənət/ of the US
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Australian: /ˈdɔmənət/
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New-Zealand: /ˈdɒmənət/
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New-Zealand: [ˈdɔ̟m.ə.nət]
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UK: /ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/
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UK: /ˈdɒm.əˌneɪt/
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Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈdɑ.məˌneɪt/
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Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈdɑ.mɪˌneɪt/
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Canada, dialectal: /ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/ of the US
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Canada, dialectal: /ˈdɒm.əˌneɪt/ of the US
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Australian: /ˈdɔm.ɪˌnæɪt/
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Australian: /ˈdɔm.əˌnæɪt/
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New-Zealand: /ˈdɒm.əˌnæɪt/
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New-Zealand: [ˈdɔ̟m.əˌnæɪt]
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noun
Meaning 2
The late period of the Roman Empire, following the principate, during which the emperor's rule became more explicitly autocratic and remaining vestiges of the Roman Republic were removed from the formal workings of government; the reign of any particular emperor during this period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
Examples
- 1996, Clare Krojzl (translator), Sebastian Hensel, III: From Diocletian to Alaric [1886, lecture notes], Theodor Mommsen (editor), A History of Rome Under the Emperors, C.H.Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Republished 2005, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), eBook, page 317, The dominate of Diocletian and Constantine differs more sharply from the principate than the latter does from the Republic.
- 1997, Thomas Dunlap (translator), Herwig Wolfram, The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples, [1990, Das Reich und die Germanen], University of California Press, 2005, Paperback, page 55, Once someone had attained senatorial dignity by way of the successful tenure of some appropriate magistracy, one of the most important mechanisms of the dominate kicked in: all social rankings and professions were to a large extent heritable.
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: obey, submit
verb
Meaning 4
To exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: obey, submit
verb
Meaning 5
To enjoy a commanding position in some field.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 6
To overlook from a height.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 7
To precede another node of a directed graph in all paths from the start of the graph to the other node.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, graph-theory, human-sciences, linguistics, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
Meaning 8
have dominance or the power to defeat over
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Her pain completely mastered her
- The methods can master the problems
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: master
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: control, command
Narrower terms: command, subjugate, subject
verb
Meaning 9
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Money reigns supreme here
- Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: predominate, rule, reign, prevail
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: override, overarch, preponderate, outweigh, overbalance, outbalance
verb
Meaning 10
be in control
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Her husband completely dominates her
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: influence, act upon, work
Narrower terms: overbear, possess
verb
Meaning 11
look down on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The villa dominates the town
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: command, overlook, overtop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lie
Narrower terms: shadow, overshadow, dwarf
verb
Meaning 12
be greater in significance than
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: overshadow, eclipse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: brood, hover, loom, bulk large
History
Etymology
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.
Borrowed from Latin dominātus (“rule, command”), from dominus + -ātus, see -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a regime handled by people of such rank).
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).
Across languages
Translations
77 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: dominaat — late period of the Roman Empire
- French: dominat — late period of the Roman Empire
- Italian: dominato — late period of the Roman Empire
- Portuguese: dominato — late period of the Roman Empire
- Albanian: balltoj — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Arabic: سَيْطَرَ (sayṭara) — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Bulgarian: господствам (gospodstvam) — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Bulgarian: преобладавам (preobladavam) — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Catalan: dominar — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Chinese Mandarin: 主宰 (zhǔzǎi) — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Chinese Mandarin: 宰制 (zǎizhì) — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Chinese Mandarin: 獨霸 /独霸 (dúbà) — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Czech: dominovat — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Dutch: domineren — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Dutch: overheersen — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Esperanto: domini — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Esperanto: superregi — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Finnish: vallita — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Finnish: hallita — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- French: dominer — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Galician: dominar — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- German: dominieren — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- German: herrschen — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Greek: δεσπόζω (despózo) — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Hindi: प्रभुत्व रखना (prabhutva rakhnā) — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Ido: dominacar — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Interlingua: dominar — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Italian: dominare — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Japanese: 治める (osameru) — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Japanese: 統べる (suberu) — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Japanese: 支配する (shihai-suru) — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Korean: 지배(支配)하다 (jibaehada) — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Latin: dominor — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Mirandese: adominar — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Norwegian: råda — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Norwegian: herska — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Polish: dominować — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Polish: zdominować — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Polish: przewyższać — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Polish: przewyższyć — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Portuguese: dominar — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Romanian: domina — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Russian: госпо́дствовать (gospódstvovatʹ) — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Russian: преоблада́ть (preobladátʹ) — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Russian: домини́ровать (dominírovatʹ) — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Slovene: vladati — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Spanish: dominar — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Swedish: dominera — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Thai: ปกครอง (bpòk-krɔɔng) — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Thai: ครอบงํา (krɔ̂ɔp-ngam) — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Turkish: hükmetmek — to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- Bulgarian: доминирам (dominiram) — to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- Dutch: domineren — to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- Finnish: hallita — to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- Finnish: dominoida — to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- Galician: dominar — to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- Interlingua: dominar — to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- Japanese: 支配する (shihai-suru) — to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- Korean: 우세(優勢)하다 (usehada) — to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- Middle English: daunten — to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- Polish: dominować — to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- Polish: zdominować — to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- Russian: домини́ровать (dominírovatʹ) — to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- Spanish: imperar — to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- Swedish: dominera — to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- Thai: ครอบงํา (krɔ̂ɔp-ngam) — to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- Bulgarian: властвам (vlastvam) — to enjoy a commanding position in some field
- Finnish: olla ylivoimainen — to enjoy a commanding position in some field
- Finnish: hallita — to enjoy a commanding position in some field
- Korean: 좌우하다 (jwauhada) — to enjoy a commanding position in some field
- Spanish: imperar — to enjoy a commanding position in some field
- Swedish: dominera — to enjoy a commanding position in some field
- Finnish: hallita — to overlook from a height
- Italian: dominare — to overlook from a height
- Korean: 내려다보다 (naeryeodaboda) — to overlook from a height
- Polish: dominować — to overlook from a height
- Polish: górować — to overlook from a height
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