dominate

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.
   • The title of this article evokes memories of the beginning of World War II and reveals one method dictators use to increase their power. In China’s case, Xi Jinping’s Anschluss of Hong Kong in June 2020 fits nicely with the way Hitler began his initial European expansion strategy, called Lebensraum...2021 March 15, Guermantes Lailari, “The Lebensraum Factor in Xi Jinping’s Strategy for Hong Kong and Taiwan”, in Jewish Policy Center, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2021

   Antonyms:

   obey, submit

2. To exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone.
   • THE THREE DOMINANT FORMS IN METALSMITHING […] At present, there are but three basic volumetric forms dominating the work of metalsmiths, the spherical (usually in its most practical form, the domical), the cylindrical, and the cubical. […] The possibilities for further variations on them are all...1978, Heikki Seppä, Form Emphasis for Metalsmiths, [Kent, Oh.]: Kent State University Press, →ISBN, page 1

   Antonyms:

   obey, submit

3. To enjoy a commanding position in some field.
   • Individual mistakes proved costly for Wigan who, particularly after the half-time introduction of Hugo Rodallega, dominated for long periods.2011 October 15, Michael Da Silva, “Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton”, in BBC Sport
   • Halogen dominates standard bulb shipments, the association reported, representing almost half of the total, followed by CFLs at about 27 percent, a share that is on the decline.2016 February 1, Diane Cardwell, “G.E. to Phase Out CFL Bulbs”, in The New York Times
4. To overlook from a height.
   • Our arrival at Worcester is heralded by the appearance of the city's cathedral tower, a solid square structure that's dominated the skyline since the 12th century.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67
5. To precede another node of a directed graph in all paths from the start of the graph to the other node.

Adjective

UK/ˈdɒmənət/US/ˈdɑmənət/

dominate (comparative more dominate, superlative most dominate)

1. Dominant.
   • From the middle of June in 1913 and the first of July in 1914, it became the dominate species, forming 90 per cent. or more of the fauna, and remained so until the end of the season.1918 August, Thomas J. Headlee, “Effective Methods of Fly Control. A Review of the Factors that Underlie the Problem”, in The Tropical Agriculturalist, volume 51, page 111
   • GM, 33, FEMME, very loving, caring, sensitive, sexual. I would love to hear from a fairly dominate butch type from the Portland Oregon area.1989 August 19, Bruce Amick, “Personal Advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 6, page 14

Noun

dominate (countable and uncountable, plural dominates)

1. (historical) 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.
   • During the Dominate this tendency was perfected to the point of dirigism in the modern sense, a state-directed society and state-controlled economy, obliterating, once again a prelude to modern times, the laissez-faire climate that had characterized the economic self-determination of the individual...1973, Karl Loewenstein, The Governance of Rome, Martinus Nijhoff, page 238
   • The dominate of Diocletian and Constantine differs more sharply from the principate than the latter does from the Republic.1996, Clare Krojzl (translator), Sebastian Hensel, III: From Diocletian to Alaric [1886, lecture notes], Theodor Mommsen (editor), A History of Rome Under the Emperors, C.H.Beck'sche...