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dominating

 
Adjective dominating has 3 senses
  1. ascendant, ascendent, dominating - most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
    Antonyms: subordinate, low-level (indirect, via dominant)
  2. commanding, dominating, overlooking - used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom"
    Antonym: low (indirect, via high)
  3. autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory - offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner"
    Antonym: submissive (indirect, via domineering)
Verb dominate has 4 senses
  1. predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevail - be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. dominate - be in control; rule the roost; "Her husband completely dominates her"
    --2 is one way to
    influence, act upon, work
    Derived forms: noun dominion1, noun domination2, noun domination1, noun dominance2
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  3. dominate, master - have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems"
    --3 is one way to control, command
    Derived forms: noun domination2, noun dominance3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  4. dominate, command, overlook, overtop - look down on; "The villa dominates the town"
    --4 is one way to lie
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
dominant-recessive pattern dominant dominant gene dominantly dominate dominate dominated dominates dominating dominatingly domination dominations dominator dominators dominatrix domincan republic domine

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