dominate
Pronunciation: /ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/
The English word “dominate” has 7 meanings listed here.
verb
- To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power.
- To exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone.
- To enjoy a commanding position in some field.
- To overlook from a height.
- To precede another node of a directed graph in all paths from the start of the graph to the other node.
adjective
noun
- 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.
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).
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