Dictionary

dominate en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɔm.ɪˌnæɪt/ (Australia)
• /ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/ (UK)
• (London) audio
• /ˈdɒm.əˌnæɪt/ (New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdɒm.əˌneɪt/ (UK)
• [ˈdɔ̟m.əˌnæɪt] (New-Zealand)
• /ˈdɑ.mɪˌneɪt/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• /ˈdɑ.məˌneɪt/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• /ˈdɔm.əˌnæɪt/ (Australia)
• /ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• /ˈdɒm.əˌneɪt/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US

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).

Meanings

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 (living space). In Zweites Buch, Hitler said that to dominate the world, Germany must expand its borders and areas it controls. The first way to start achieving Lebensraum would be through Anschluss — the unification of Austria and Germany. Further, he envisioned an expansion that would include Poland, Czechoslovakia, the rest of Europe and Russia. 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:
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 but exhausted, there being little chance to express new and unusual ideas within the framework of such limited choices. As a result, much of twentieth-century metalsmithing has relied on surface enrichment rather than formal development for its originality. 1978, Heikki Seppä, Form Emphasis for Metalsmiths, [Kent, Oh.]: Kent State University Press, →ISBN, page 1:
3. To enjoy a commanding position in some field.
   • 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:
   • 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:
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.

Forms

Antonyms

submit · obey · submit · obey

Deriveds

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

Relateds

domineering · dominant · dominion · dominator · domination · domain

Translations (73)

pl górować (to overlook from a height) · fi dominoida (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone) · enm daunten (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone) · pl przewyższać (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · es dominar (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · eo superregi (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · it dominare (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · cmn 主宰 (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · pl dominować (to overlook from a height) · pt dominar (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · ia dominar (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · ru госпо́дствовать (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · pl dominować (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone) · cs dominovat (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · fi hallita (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone) · bg властвам (to enjoy a commanding position in some field) · fr dominer (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · ia dominar (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone) · sv dominera (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · pl zdominować (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · ko 좌우하다 (to enjoy a commanding position in some field) · no herska (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · ja 支配する (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · no råda (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · bg господствам (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · es imperar (to enjoy a commanding position in some field) · th ครอบงำ (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · bg преобладавам (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · sq balltoj (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · fi vallita (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · ja 統べる (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · nl overheersen (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · ro domina (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · hi प्रभुत्व रखना (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · pl zdominować (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone) · nl domineren (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone) · fi olla ylivoimainen (to enjoy a commanding position in some field) · ko 우세(優勢)하다 (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone) · ko 내려다보다 (to overlook from a height) · ar سَيْطَرَ (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · de herrschen (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · ja 支配する (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone) · it dominare (to overlook from a height) · eo domini (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · cmn 宰制 (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · th ครอบงำ (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone) · ru домини́ровать (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone) · fi hallita (to overlook from a height) · mwl adominar (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · bg доминирам (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone) · pl przewyższyć (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · ru преоблада́ть (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · la dominor (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · es imperar (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone) · ja 治める (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · gl dominar (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · sl vladati (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · tr hükmetmek (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · ca dominar (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · ko 지배(支配)하다 (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · pl dominować (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · fi hallita (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · el δεσπόζω (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · nl domineren (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · sv dominera (to enjoy a commanding position in some field) · gl dominar (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone) · ru домини́ровать (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · cmn 獨霸 /独霸 (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · io dominacar (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · th ปกครอง (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · de dominieren (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power) · sv dominera (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone) · fi hallita (to enjoy a commanding position in some field)

dominate en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• [ˈdɔ̟m.ə.nət] (New-Zealand)
• /ˈdɒmənət/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• /ˈdɒmənət/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈdɒmənət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdɑmənət/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• /ˈdɔmənət/ (Australia)

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin dominor (“rule, have dominion”), either from Latin dominātus, the perfect active participle of dominor (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), or via phonetic alteration of the synonym dominant, from Latin domināns, the present active participle of the same. Compare the pairs predominate / predominant and obstinate / obstinant.

Meanings

1. Dominant.
   • 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:
   • 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 14, 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:

Forms

dominate en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dominātus (“rule, command”), from dominus + -ātus, see -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a regime handled by people of such rank).

Meanings

1. (countable, historical, uncountable) 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.
   • 1997, Thomas Dunlap (translator), Herwig Wolfram, The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples, [1990, Das Reich und die Germanen], University of California Press, 2005, Paperback, page 55, Once someone had attained senatorial dignity by way of the successful tenure of some appropriate magistracy, one of the most important mechanisms of the dominate kicked in: all social rankings and professions were to a large extent heritable.
   • 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 Verlagsbuchhandlung, Republished 2005, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), eBook, page 317, The dominate of Diocletian and Constantine differs more sharply from the principate than the latter does from the Republic.
   • 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 under the republic and the Principate. 1973, Karl Loewenstein, The Governance of Rome, Martinus Nijhoff, page 238:

Forms

Coordinates

principate

Relateds

tetrarchy

Translations (4)

nl dominaat (late period of the Roman Empire) · pt dominato (late period of the Roman Empire) · fr dominat (late period of the Roman Empire) · it dominato (late period of the Roman Empire)