dominated
part of speech
verb form (past of dominate: dominate, dominates, dominated, dominating); adjective (dominated, as in «male-dominated»)
meaning for a pupil
1) Controlled or ruled by someone more powerful, as in «The country was dominated by its neighbour». tree →
2) Was the strongest or best in something, as in «Our team dominated the match». tree →
3) Was the biggest or most noticeable thing, as in «The castle dominated the skyline». tree →
4) (adjective) Mostly made of or run by one group, as in «a male-dominated job». tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons, empires dominated other lands. In sport reports, a team that «dominated» had the ball most of the time. In science, a «dominated» habitat has one species that takes over. In social studies, «male-dominated» or «dominated by» shows unfairness or imbalance. In stories, a bully dominates others.
examples
- The Romans dominated much of Europe. tree →
- Our team dominated the second half. tree →
- The news was dominated by the storm. tree →
- A tall church dominated the little village. tree →
- Engineering used to be a male-dominated job. tree →
- One loud boy dominated the group discussion. tree →
- Weeds dominated the old garden. tree →
note
«Dominated» is the past tense and past participle of «dominate». Noun «domination»; adjective «dominant». «Dominate» (verb, -ate) is different from «dominant» (adjective, -ant).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «dominated» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.