English Explanatory Dictionary

dominate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
  2. To exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
  3. To enjoy a commanding position in some field
  4. To overlook from a height.
  5. To precede another node of a directed graph in all paths from the start of the graph to the other node.
adj
  1. Dominant.
noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/ /ˈdɒm.əˌneɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dominate.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Berrely-dominate.wav /ˈdɑ.məˌneɪt/ /ˈdɑ.mɪˌneɪt/ /ˈdɔm.ɪˌnæɪt/ /ˈdɔm.əˌnæɪt/ /ˈdɒm.əˌnæɪt/ [ˈdɔ̟m.əˌnæɪt] /ˈdɒmənət/ /ˈdɑːmənət/

Word forms

dominate dominates dominating dominated more dominate most dominate

Etymology

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).

Antonyms

obey submit

Related words

domain dominant domination dominator domineering dominion tetrarchy

Derived words

codominate codominated dominable dominand dominatable dominatee dominatingly dominative male-dominated nondominated overdominate phenodominate postdominate redominate undominated undominating
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