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Reigned Reigns Situation Person Area Powerful Successful Male

query
If you say that a person r_____ in a situation or area, you mean that they are very powerful or successful .If you say that a person reigns in a situation or area, you mean that they are very powerful or successful .
He reigned as the male sex symbol of the 1950s.
...the girls that reigned over 1960s pop.
...Klitschko's 11-year reign as a world champion.
word reign
full-definition
verb
If you say, for example, that silence reigns in a place or confusion reigns in a situation, you mean that the place is silent or the situation is confused .
Confusion reigned about how the debate would end.
A relative calm reigned over the city.
When a king or queen reigns, he or she rules a country.
...Henry II, who reigned from 1154 to 1189.
...George III, Britain's longest reigning monarch.
...Queen Victoria's reign.
If you say that a person reigns in a situation or area, you mean that they are very powerful or successful .
He reigned as the male sex symbol of the 1950s.
...the girls that reigned over 1960s pop.
...Klitschko's 11-year reign as a world champion.
inflections reignsreigningreigned
cefr-level C1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1

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