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Meaning of dominating

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  dominating
      adj 1: most powerful or important or influential; "the
             economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the
             dominating event of the war in Europe" [syn: {ascendant},
             {ascendent}, {dominating}]
      2: used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the
         ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside";
         "the balcony overlooking the ballroom" [syn: {commanding},
         {dominating}, {overlooking}]
      3: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually
         unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic
         behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather
         aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees
         in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory
         manner" [syn: {autocratic}, {bossy}, {dominating}, {high-and-
         mighty}, {magisterial}, {peremptory}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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