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Adjective dominating has 3 senses
- ascendant, ascendent, dominating - most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
Antonyms: subordinate, low-level (indirect, via dominant)
- commanding, dominating, overlooking - used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom"
Antonym: low (indirect, via high)
- autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory - offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner"
Antonym: submissive (indirect, via domineering)
Verb dominate has 4 senses
- predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevail - be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
Sample sentences:
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Something is ----ing PP
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- dominate - be in control; rule the roost; "Her husband completely dominates her"
--2 is one way to influence, act upon, work
Sample sentences:
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- dominate, master - have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems"
--3 is one way to control, command
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- dominate, command, overlook, overtop - look down on; "The villa dominates the town"
--4 is one way to lie
Sample sentence:
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