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{
"term": "dominate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "dominate",
"heSheIt": "dominates"
},
"pastSimple": "dominated",
"pastParticiple": "dominated",
"ingForm": "dominating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to control or have a lot of influence over somebody/something, especially in an unpleasant way",
"sensetop": "dominate somebody/something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She always says a lot in meetings, but she doesn't dominate."
},
{
"text": "He tended to dominate the conversation.",
"contextForm": "dominate somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "As a child he was dominated by his father."
},
{
"text": "professions that were once dominated by men"
},
{
"text": "These two regions continue to **dominate the market** for orange juice."
},
{
"text": "In the 1960s American styles **dominated the** art **world**."
},
{
"text": "The insurance market is totally dominated by the private pension organizations."
},
{
"text": "This is an attempt to control the multinational giants who dominate the chemical industry."
},
{
"text": "The Inca Empire dominated the western regions of South America in the 15th and 16th centuries."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "entirely"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to be the most important or noticeable feature of something",
"sensetop": "dominate something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The train crash dominated the news."
},
{
"text": "The elections continue to dominate the headlines."
},
{
"text": "Diet books dominate bestseller lists."
},
{
"text": "He dominates every scene he's in."
},
{
"text": "Her work increasingly dominates her life."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "entirely"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to be the largest, highest or most obvious thing in a place",
"sensetop": "dominate something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The cathedral dominates the city."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to play much better than your opponent in a game",
"sensetop": "dominate (something)",
"labels": "(sport)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "United completely dominated the first half of the game."
},
{
"text": "Arsenal dominated in the first half of the match."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdɒmɪneɪt/",
"audio": "do/dominate/dominate__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdɒmɪneɪts/",
"audio": "do/dominate/dominates__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdɒmɪneɪtɪd/",
"audio": "do/dominate/dominated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdɒmɪneɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "do/dominate/dominating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdɑːmɪneɪt/",
"audio": "do/dominate/dominate__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdɑːmɪneɪts/",
"audio": "do/dominate/dominates__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdɑːmɪneɪtɪd/",
"audio": "do/dominate/dominated__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdɑːmɪneɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "do/dominate/dominating__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin dominat- ‘ruled, governed’, from the verb dominari, from dominus ‘lord, master’."
}