dominate

verb

dom·i·nate | \ˈdä-mə-ˌnāt

dominated; dominating

Definition of dominate

1 : rule, control an empire that dominated the world

2 : to exert the supreme determining or guiding influence on the ambition that has dominated his life

3 : to overlook from a superior elevation or command because of superior height or position a hill that dominates the town

4a : to be predominant in sugar maples dominate the forest

b : to have a commanding or preeminent place or position in name brands dominate the market

intransitive verb

1 : to have or exert mastery, control, or preeminence his desire to dominate a dominating factor in industrial growth

2 : to occupy a more elevated or superior position

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Examples of dominate in a Sentence

One company has dominated the market for years. He dominated her life for many years. His work dominated the art scene last year. Our team dominated throughout the game. Our team dominated play throughout the game.

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Nicholson’s challenge will be to limit his losses in the southeast while dominating in the north and west. — Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "GOP senate primary in Wisconsin already reflects north-south divide within party," 13 July 2018 Others see it as an appropriately scornful term for a woman who was barely literate, left little for other women to emulate and led the bankrupt Qing dynasty to its downfall in a country whose government remains as male-dominated as ever. — New York Times, "Was This Powerful Chinese Empress a Feminist Trailblazer?," 10 July 2018 The separations have become an embarrassment to the administration as stories of crying children separated from mothers and kept apart for weeks on end dominated the news in recent weeks. — Astrid Galvan, Houston Chronicle, "Kids as young as 1 in US court, awaiting reunion with family," 9 July 2018 Hinsdale continued to dominate July 9 with a four-inning, 13-2 victory over Naperville Republic. — Chuck Fieldman, chicagotribune.com, "Hinsdale 12-year-olds win Little League Baseball District championship, head to sectionals," 13 July 2018 And bigger euro-area banks would be better placed to take on Wall Street’s big five, which have come to dominate European investment-banking league tables. — The Economist, "Why the euro zone hasn’t seen more cross-border bank mergers," 12 July 2018 While a few thunderstorms cannot be ruled out this weekend into early next week, dry weather looks to dominate the majority of the time. — Katie Camero And Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, "Moderate risks for rip currents off Mass. coast as Hurricane Chris travels northeast," 11 July 2018 And autonomous vehicles are a key part of its Made in China 2025 plan to dominate important new technologies. — Jamie Condliffe, New York Times, "China Wants High-Tech Cars. German Automakers Are Eager to Help.," 11 July 2018 Military planners have viewed the need to dominate space where, for instance, satellites, vulnerable to attack, guide everything from small units on the ground to precision guided bombs to their targets. — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, "Jim Mattis once wanted to rocket Marines into space, foreshadowing Trump's Space Force," 11 July 2018

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