Dominating

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dominate \Dom"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dominated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Dominating}.] [L. dominatus, p. p. of dominari to
     dominate, fr. dominus master, lord. See {Dame}, and cf.
     {Domineer}.]
     To predominate over; to rule; to govern. "A city dominated by
     the ax." --Dickens.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either
           dominant or dominated.                   --W. Tooke.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  dominating \dominating\ adj.
     1. exercising influence or control. Opposite of
        {subordinate}.
  
     Syn: ascendant, ascendent, prestigious, dominant.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. high enough to provide a clear view of the surrounding
        area; -- of a height or viewpoint.
  
     Syn: commanding, overlooking.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dominating
       adj 1: most powerful or important or influential; "the economically
              ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating
              event of the war in Europe" [syn: {ascendant}, {ascendent}]
       2: used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the
          ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the
          countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom" [syn:
           {commanding}, {overlooking}]
       3: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually
          unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic
          behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a
          rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the
          employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering
          peremptory manner" [syn: {autocratic}, {bossy}, {high-and-mighty},
           {magisterial}, {peremptory}]