Meaning of dominate | Babel Free

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1. The late period of the Roman Empire, following the principate, during which the emperor's rule became more explicitly autocratic and remaining vestiges of the Roman Republic were removed from the formal workings of government; the reign of any particular emperor during this period.
   countable, historical, uncountable
2. ruling; most important; strongest. the dominant group in society; Green was the dominant colour in the room. dominante, oorheersende مُسَيْطِر، غالِب господстващ dominante dominantní beherrschend dominant; dominerende κυρίαρχοςdominante valitsev غالب؛ برتر määräävä dominant שוֹלֶט प्रबल, प्रधान dominant uralkodó paling kuat, dominan ríkjandi, ráðandi, mest áberandi dominante 支配的な 지배적인 vyraujantis, viešpataujantis dominējošs; valdošs dominan overheersenddominerende dominujący دواك څښتن، مسلط، ...
3. oorheersing سَيْطَرَه، غالِبِيَّه господство domínio vláda, převaha die Herrschaft dominans κυριαρχίαdominio, control, preponderancia domineerivus چیرگی؛ تسلط valta-asema dominanceשליטה प्रमुखता, प्रभुत्व रखना dominacija uralkodás yang dominan yfirráð dominio, predominio 支配 지배 vyravimas, viešpatavimas dominēšana; pārsvars; valdīšana dominans overheersingdominansprzewaga حاكميت predomínio predominare преобладание vplyv oblast dominacija dominans การปกครอง; สภาวะการครอบครอง; อำนาจ hâkimiyet, üs...
4. oorheersing سَيْطَرَه، تَسَلُّط господство dominação nadvláda die Herrschaft dominans; herredømme κυριαρχίαdominación, dominio valitsemine چیرگی؛ تسلط herruus dominationשליטה वर्चस्व, प्रधानता, शासन nadmoć uralom dominasi yfirráð dominazione 支配 지배, 통치 viešpatavimas, vyravimas dominēšana; pārsvars; valdīšana penguasaan overheersingherredømme zwierzchnictwo حاکمیت dominação dominare, dominaţie доминирование nadvláda prevlada dominacija herravälde, styre การมีอำนาจเหนือ hâkimiyet, üstünlük 支配 па...
5. To control, govern, or rule by superior authority or power: Successful leaders dominate events rather than react to them.
6. To exert a supreme, guiding influence on or over: Ambition dominated their lives.
7. To enjoy a commanding, controlling position in: a drug company that dominates the tranquilizer market.
8. To overlook from a height: a view from the cliffside chalet that dominates the valley.
9. To have or exert strong authority or mastery.
10. To be situated in or occupy a position that is more elevated or decidedly superior to others.
11. To be predominant in an ecosystem.

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“During the Dominate this tendency was perfected to the point of dirigism in the modern sense, a state-directed society and state-controlled economy, obliterating, once again a prelude to modern times, the laissez-faire climate that had characterized the economic self-determination of the individual under the republic and the Principate.”

“1996, Clare Krojzl (translator), Sebastian Hensel, III: From Diocletian to Alaric [1886, lecture notes], Theodor Mommsen (editor), A History of Rome Under the Emperors, C.H.Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Republished 2005, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), eBook, page 317, The dominate of Diocletian and Constantine differs more sharply from the principate than the latter does from the Republic.”

“1997, Thomas Dunlap (translator), Herwig Wolfram, The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples, [1990, Das Reich und die Germanen], University of California Press, 2005, Paperback, page 55, Once someone had attained senatorial dignity by way of the successful tenure of some appropriate magistracy, one of the most important mechanisms of the dominate kicked in: all social rankings and professions were to a large extent heritable.”

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