'Dominating' definitions:
Definition of 'dominating'
From: WordNet
adjective
Most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe" [syn: ascendant, ascendent, dominating]
adjective
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" [syn: commanding, dominating, overlooking]
adjective
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" [syn: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and- mighty, magisterial, peremptory]
Definition of 'Dominating'
From: GCIDE
- Dominate \Dom"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dominated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dominating.] [L. dominatus, p. p. of dominari to dominate, fr. dominus master, lord. See Dame, and cf. Domineer.] To predominate over; to rule; to govern. "A city dominated by the ax." --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either dominant or dominated. --W. Tooke. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'dominating'
From: GCIDE
- dominating \dominating\ adj.
- 1. exercising influence or control. Opposite of subordinate.
- Syn: ascendant, ascendent, prestigious, dominant. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. high enough to provide a clear view of the surrounding area; -- of a height or viewpoint.
- Syn: commanding, overlooking. [WordNet 1.5]
Words containing 'Dominating'
- Dominance,
- Dominancy,
- Dominant,
- Dominate,
- Dominated,
- Domination,
- Dominative,
- Dominator,
- Domineer,
- Domineered,
- Domineering,
- Domineeringly,
- Dominical,
- domine,
- dominic,
- Dominant chord,
- Dominant estate,
- Dominant owner,
- Dominant tenement,
- Dominical altar,
- Dominical letter,
- dominant allele,
- dominant gene,
- saint dominic,
- st. dominic,
- autosomal dominant disease,
- autosomal dominant disorder,
- x-linked dominant inheritance