If your basketball team is undefeated, you could say that it was able to dominate the competition. To dominate means to be in control or have the power to defeat.
To predominate over; to rule; to govern.
Verb
have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems"
Verb
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
Verb
be in control; rule the roost; "Her husband completely dominates her"
Verb
look down on; "The villa dominates the town"
v. t.
To predominate over; to rule; to govern.
v. i.
To be dominant.
Dominate
We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either dominant or dominated.
Dominate
To predominate over; to rule; to govern.
To be dominant.
Usage Examples
John D. Rockefeller wanted to dominate oil, but Microsoft wants it all, you name it: cable, media, banking, car dealerships.
We were delighted to have Nigel as a producer. The only problem is that Nigel is so famous that he seems to dominate most interviews without being there.
I rise today to discuss the National Intelligence Reform bill. I commend my colleagues in both Houses for their hard work in coming to an agreement. As with any conference, each voice is heard, but none can dominate and compromise must be achieved.
Learning to see waste and systematically eliminate it has allowed lean companies such as Toyota to dominate entire industries. Lean thinking defines value as 'providing benefit to the customer' anything else is waste.
Love does not dominate it cultivates.
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Other Usage ExamplesIn Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations.
If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.
Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four.
Look at countries like China, they are determined to dominate all clean technology areas, putting lots of money into wind, solar, electric vehicles and battery storage. America's political impotence, caused by their terrible partisanship, will see them left behind.
Men's need to dominate women may be based in their own sense of marginality or emptiness we do not know its root, and men are making no effort to discover it.