Definitions for dominates

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dominates dom·i·nate

Spelling: [dom-uh-neyt]

IPA: /ˈdɒm əˌneɪt/

Dominates is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 928 anagrams from letters in dominates (adeimnost).

Definitions for dominates

verb (used with object)

1. to rule over; govern; control.
2. to tower above; overlook; overshadow:
3. to predominate, permeate, or characterize.
4. Mathematics. (of a series, vector, etc.) to have terms or components greater in absolute value than the corresponding terms or components of a given series, vector, etc.
5. Linguistics. (of a node in a tree diagram) to be connected with (a subordinate node) either directly by a single downward branch or indirectly by a sequence of downward branches.

verb (used without object)

1. to rule; exercise control; predominate.
2. to occupy a commanding or elevated position.

Origin of dominates

1605-15; Latin dominātus (past participle of dominārī to master, control), equivalent to domin- (stem of dominus) master + -ātus -ate¹

Examples for dominates

She had a passion for racing, and at the Grand Prix seemed to dominate the crowd.

Feminists are the new comic book geeks, and the women-led Ghostbusters remake will dominate the box office.

This makes him responsible for creation, so that he might dominate it in order to develop it until the end of time.

More recently, the rows of red and gray cement housing project blocks that sprouted up in the 1980s dominate the view.

She wishes to be outwardly dominated by a man, but to dominate him by her heart.

I let my No-will, in this case, dominate my will, and that serves my purpose well.

Foreigners, especially Greeks, begin to dominate the country.

The boy had a real power to move, to dominate her, which he did not then suspect.

Republicans currently dominate the breakdown, with 27 GOP secretaries of state in the 47 states that have the position.

It's a wonderfully playful, zesty turn that sees the 30-year-old dominate every scene he's in.