DOMINATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dominate mean? 

• DOMINATE (verb)
  The verb DOMINATE has 5 senses:

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

2. be in control

3. have dominance or the power to defeat over

4. be greater in significance than

5. look down on

  Familiarity information: DOMINATE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOMINATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they dominate    ... he / she / it dominates   
Past simple: dominated   
Past participle: dominated   
-ing form: dominating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

dominate; predominate; prevail; reign; rule

Context example:

Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dominate"):

override (prevail over)

overarch (be central or dominant)

outbalance; outweigh; overbalance; preponderate (weigh more heavily)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be in control

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

Her husband completely dominates her

Hypernyms (to "dominate" is one way to...):

act upon; influence; work (have and exert influence or effect)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dominate"):

overbear (overcome)

possess (enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

dominance (the state that exists when one person or group has power over another)

dominant (exercising influence or control)

domination (social control by dominating)

domination (power to dominate or defeat)

dominion (dominance or power through legal authority)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Have dominance or the power to defeat over

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

dominate; master

Context example:

The methods can master the problems

Hypernyms (to "dominate" is one way to...):

command; control (exercise authoritative control or power over)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dominate"):

command (be in command of)

subject; subjugate (make subservient; force to submit or subdue)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

dominance (the power or right to give orders or make decisions)

dominant (exercising influence or control)

domination (power to dominate or defeat)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Be greater in significance than

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

dominate; eclipse; overshadow

Context example:

the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness

Hypernyms (to "dominate" is one way to...):

brood; bulk large; hover; loom (hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Look down on

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

command; dominate; overlook; overtop

Context example:

The villa dominates the town

Hypernyms (to "dominate" is one way to...):

lie (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dominate"):

dwarf; overshadow; shadow (make appear small by comparison)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

 Context examples 

The rest, the significant majority, is this elusive dark matter that dominates all of the mass in the universe.

(No Winner in Milky Way-Andromeda Clash, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

New observations indicate that massive, star-forming galaxies during the peak epoch of galaxy formation, 10 billion years ago, were dominated by baryonic or “normal” matter.

(Dark Matter Less Influential in Galaxies in Early Universe, ESO)

The middle planet, TOI 700 c, is 2.6 times larger than Earth - between the sizes of Earth and Neptune - orbits every 16 days and is likely a gas-dominated world.

(NASA Planet Hunter Finds Earth-Size Habitable-Zone World, NASA)

In the colder periods, nitrogen dominated the atmosphere, raining down and cycling through the icy crust to collect in pools just below the surface.

(New Models Suggest Titan Lakes Are Explosion Craters, NASA)

Riebe and his team discovered, however, that expansion in rocks dominates the weathering process in the southern Sierra Nevada region.

(Study explores how rock expands near soil surface in Sierra Nevada, National Science Foundation)

Astronomers were surprised by the pictures, which reveal an unexpected haze of high-energy X-rays dominating the usual stellar activity.

(NASA's NuSTAR Captures Possible 'Screams' from Zombie Stars, NASA)

NGC 1052-DF2 resides about 65 million light-years away in a collection of galaxies that is dominated by the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1052.

(Dark Matter Goes Missing in Oddball Galaxy, NASA)

Back in the laboratory, they tested these samples for evidence of microbialization of algae-dominated reefs, looking for more microbes with more potential to harm reef organisms.

(Too much algae and too many microbes threaten coral reefs, NSF)

But at Titan's frigid surface temperatures — roughly minus 292 degrees Fahrenheit — liquid methane and ethane, rather than water, dominate Titan's hydrocarbon equivalent of Earth's water.

(The Mysterious 'Lakes' on Saturn's Moon Titan, NASA)

Sodium carbonates, for example, dominate the bright regions in Occator Crater, and material of similar composition has been found at Oxo Crater and Ahuna Mons.

(NASA Dawn Reveals Recent Changes in Ceres' Surface, NASA)