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DOMINATING

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted powerplay

Example:

a swaggering peremptory manner

Synonyms:

autocratic; bossy; dominating; high-and-mighty; magisterial; peremptory

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

domineering (tending to domineer)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Most powerful or important or influentialplay

Example:

D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe

Synonyms:

ascendant; ascendent; dominating

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

dominant (exercising influence or control)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Used of a height or viewpointplay

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

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