{
    "term": "dominate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "dominate",
            "heSheIt": "dominates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "dominated",
        "pastParticiple": "dominated",
        "ingForm": "dominating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to control or have a lot of influence over somebody/something, especially in an unpleasant way",
            "sensetop": "dominate somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She always says a lot in meetings, but she doesn't dominate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He tended to dominate the conversation.",
                    "contextForm": "dominate somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "As a child he was dominated by his father."
                },
                {
                    "text": "professions that were once dominated by men"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These two regions continue to **dominate the market** for orange juice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the 1960s American styles **dominated the** art **world**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The insurance market is totally dominated by the private pension organizations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is an attempt to control the multinational giants who dominate the chemical industry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Inca Empire dominated the western regions of South America in the 15th and 16th centuries."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "entirely"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be the most important or noticeable feature of something",
            "sensetop": "dominate something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The train crash dominated the news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The elections continue to dominate the headlines."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Diet books dominate bestseller lists."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He dominates every scene he's in."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her work increasingly dominates her life."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "entirely"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to be the largest, highest or most obvious thing in a place",
            "sensetop": "dominate something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The cathedral dominates the city."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to play much better than your opponent in a game",
            "sensetop": "dominate (something)",
            "labels": "(sport)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "United completely dominated the first half of the game."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Arsenal dominated in the first half of the match."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɒmɪneɪt/",
                "audio": "do/dominate/dominate__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɒmɪneɪts/",
                "audio": "do/dominate/dominates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɒmɪneɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "do/dominate/dominated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɒmɪneɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "do/dominate/dominating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɑːmɪneɪt/",
                "audio": "do/dominate/dominate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɑːmɪneɪts/",
                "audio": "do/dominate/dominates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɑːmɪneɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "do/dominate/dominated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɑːmɪneɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "do/dominate/dominating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin dominat- ‘ruled, governed’, from the verb dominari, from dominus ‘lord, master’."
}