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# dominated

«dominated» in Mova's school dictionary: **Controlled or ruled by someone more powerful, as in «The…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form (past of dominate: dominate, dominates, dominated, dominating); adjective (dominated, as in «male-dominated»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Controlled or ruled by someone more powerful, as in «The country was dominated by its neighbour». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominated/#m1)

2) Was the strongest or best in something, as in «Our team dominated the match». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominated/#m2)

3) Was the biggest or most noticeable thing, as in «The castle dominated the skyline». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominated/#m3)

4) (adjective) Mostly made of or run by one group, as in «a male-dominated job». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominated/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, empires dominated other lands. In sport reports, a team that «dominated» had the ball most of the time. In science, a «dominated» habitat has one species that takes over. In social studies, «male-dominated» or «dominated by» shows unfairness or imbalance. In stories, a bully dominates others.

### examples

- The Romans dominated much of Europe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominated/#x1)
- Our team dominated the second half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominated/#x2)
- The news was dominated by the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominated/#x3)
- A tall church dominated the little village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominated/#x4)
- Engineering used to be a male-dominated job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominated/#x5)
- One loud boy dominated the group discussion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominated/#x6)
- Weeds dominated the old garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominated/#x7)

### note

«Dominated» is the past tense and past participle of «dominate». Noun «domination»; adjective «dominant». «Dominate» (verb, -ate) is different from «dominant» (adjective, -ant).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dominated» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dominated/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.