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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1611|origins=ine-pro *dem-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈdɒm.ɪ.neɪt/, /ˈdɒm.əˌneɪt/ ''(UK)''; /ˈdɑ.məˌneɪt/, /ˈdɑ.mɪˌneɪt/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|dominātus]], the past participle of [[m|la|dominor|t=to rule, govern]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) or a back-formation from [[domination]],^(Etymonline) from [[m|la|dominus|t=lord, master]], from [[m|la|domus|t=house]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[ine-pro|*dem-|t=house, household]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To rule over, control by mastery: 1611 in the OED and Merriam-Webster, the 1610s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The intransitive sense, to predominate or prevail, is by 1816–18,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and to have the chief influence on something by 1818.^(Etymonline) To command a place from a height, as a hill dominating a town, is from 1833.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1611 – to rule over.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1816 – to predominate.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1833 – to overlook from a height.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To control or rule by superior power or authority.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To have the strongest influence on; to be the most important or noticeable feature of.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To [[tower]] above; to [[overlook]] from a height.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dominative]]

+ * [[dominator]]

+ * [[dominatingly]]

+ * [[undominated]]

+ * [[overdominate]]

+ * [[redominate]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[domination]]

+ * [[domineering]]

+ * [[dominant]]

+ * [[dominion]]

+ * [[domain]]

+ * [[domineer]]

+ * [[dame]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}