dominate

English

Etymology

From Latin dominātus, perfect active participle of dominor (“rule, have dominion”), from dominus (“lord, master”); see dominus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɒməˌneɪt/, SAMPA: /"dQm@%neIt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈdɑːməˌneɪt/, SAMPA: /"dA:m@%neIt/

Verb

dominate (third-person singular simple present dominates, present participle dominating, simple past and past participle dominated)

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
   • 2011 October 15, Michael Da Silva, “Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton”, BBC Sport:

     Individual mistakes proved costly for Wigan who, particularly after the half-time introduction of Hugo Rodallega, dominated for long periods.

Noun

dominate (plural dominates)

1. (tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
   • 2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, BBC Sport:

     The fourth seed was dominating her 20-year-old opponent with a series of stinging groundstrokes and athletic drive-volleys, striking again in game five when Paszek flicked a forehand pick-up into the tramlines.

2. To overlook from a height

Related terms

• domination
• domineering
• dominator
• dominion
• domain

Translations

to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power

Bulgarian: господствам (bg), преобладавам (bg) Catalan: dominar (ca) Esperanto: domini (eo) Finnish: vallita (fi) French: dominer (fr) German: dominieren (de) Greek: δεσπόζω (el) (despózo)

Ido: dominacar (io) Italian: dominare (it) Polish: dominować, przewyższać (pl) Portuguese: dominar (pt) Romanian: domina (ro) Slovene: vladati (sl) Spanish: dominar (es)

to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone

Polish: dominować

to enjoy a commanding position in some field

to overlook from a height

Polish: dominować

External links

• dominate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• dominate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• diamonte, nematoid

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA: /domiˈnate/

Adverb

dominate

1. present adverbial passive participle of domini

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Italian

Verb form

dominate

1. second-person plural present tense of dominare
2. second-person plural imperative of dominare
3. feminine plural past participle of dominare

Anagrams

• dimenato, indomate, meditano, menadito, metadoni, mondiate, nematodi, tendiamo

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Latin

Participle

domināte

1. vocative masculine singular of dominātus