Dominated Dominate Lot Verb ˈdɒmɪneɪt ˈdɑːmɪneɪt Meetings Tended

• she always says a lot in meetings, but she doesn't dominate.
• he tended to dominate the conversation.
• as a child he was dominated by his father.
• professions that were once dominated by men

dominate

Verb Forms

1. to control or have a lot of influence over somebody/something, especially in an unpleasant way
• She always says a lot in meetings, but she doesn't dominate.
• He tended to dominate the conversation.
• As a child he was dominated by his father.
• professions that were once dominated by men
• These two regions continue to dominate the market for orange juice.
• In the 1960s American styles dominated the art world.

Extra Examples

• The insurance market is totally dominated by the private pension organizations.
• This is an attempt to control the multinational giants who dominate the chemical industry.
• His work increasingly dominates his life.
2. to be the most important or noticeable feature of something
• The train crash dominated the news.
• The elections continue to dominate the headlines.
• Diet books dominate bestseller lists.
• He dominates every scene he's in.
3. to be the largest, highest or most obvious thing in a place
• The cathedral dominates the city.
4. to play much better than your opponent in a game
• Arsenal dominated the first half of the match.
• United completely dominated the first half of the game.

Word Origin

• early 17th cent.: from Latin dominat- ‘ruled, governed’, from the verb dominari, from dominus ‘lord, master’.