Definition of "dominate" []

• To control, govern, or rule by superior authority or power: Successful leaders dominate events rather than react to them. (verb-transitive)
• To exert a supreme, guiding influence on or over: Ambition dominated their lives. (verb-transitive)
• To enjoy a commanding, controlling position in: a drug company that dominates the tranquilizer market. (verb-transitive)
• To overlook from a height: a view from the cliffside chalet that dominates the valley. (verb-transitive)
• To have or exert strong authority or mastery. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "As galling as it is to realize that the BRR and its registered authors and publishers will derive income from millions of books they didn ` t write or publish, it is even more galling that copyright maximalists will almost certain dominate the BRR governing board."
• "However, as the demographics of the U.S. change, the Republicans will dominate is so few states that they will be irrelevant."
• "There will be no repeat of the stunt by Irish bookmakers Paddy Power which saw a giant sign bearing their name dominate the Cheltenham skyline during the March Festival."