dominate
part of speech
verb (dominate, dominates, dominated, dominating)
meaning for a pupil
1) To have power or control over someone or something. tree →
2) To be the biggest, strongest or most important part of something. tree →
3) (sport) To play much better than the other team for most of a game. tree →
4) To be the tallest or most noticeable thing in a place. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history, empires dominated other lands; in sport, a team dominates a match; in science, a dominant gene shows in the child; in everyday life, one topic can dominate the news or a conversation; phrases: «dominate the game», «dominate the skyline».
examples
- The castle dominated the little town. tree →
- Our team dominated the match but still lost 1–0. tree →
- One loud boy tried to dominate the group. tree →
- The story of the flood dominated the news. tree →
- Rome dominated much of Europe for centuries. tree →
- Bright red dominates the painting. tree →
- Lions dominate the African grassland food chain. tree →
note
Regular verb. Adjective: dominant; noun: domination, dominance. Pronounced DOM-in-ate. In genetics, a dominant trait shows even if only one parent passes it on.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «dominate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.