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DOMINATING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
Example:
a swaggering peremptory manner
Synonyms:
autocratic; bossy; dominating; high-and-mighty; magisterial; peremptory
Classified under:
Similar:
domineering (tending to domineer)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Most powerful or important or influential
Example:
D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe
Synonyms:
ascendant; ascendent; dominating
Classified under:
Similar:
dominant (exercising influence or control)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Used of a height or viewpoint
Example:
the balcony overlooking the ballroom
Synonyms:
commanding; dominating; overlooking
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
high ((literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like 'knee-high'))
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb dominate
