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Meaning of DOMINATING

Pronunciation:  d'âmun`eyting

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  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"
  2. [adj]  most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
  3. [adj]  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"
 
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 Synonyms: ascendant, ascendent, autocratic, bossy, commanding, dominant, domineering, high, high-and-mighty, magisterial, overlooking, peremptory
 

 

 

 

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