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| 1. | [ adjective ] most powerful or important or influential | |
| Synonyms: | ascendent ascendant | |
| Examples: | "the economically ascendant class" "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe" |
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| Related terms: | dominant | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] used of a height or viewpoint | |
| Synonyms: | commanding overlooking | |
| Examples: | "a commanding view of the ocean" "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside" "the balcony overlooking the ballroom" |
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| Related terms: | high | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power | |
| Synonyms: | peremptory bossy magisterial high-and-mighty autocratic | |
| Examples: | "an autocratic person" "autocratic behavior" "a bossy way of ordering others around" "a rather aggressive and dominating character" "a swaggering peremptory manner" |
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| Related terms: | domineering | |
| Similar spelling: |
domination dominate dominated dominatrix dominated_by |
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