dominating

  • 1dominating — adj. 1. exercising influence or control. Opposite of {subordinate}. Syn: ascendant, ascendent, prestigious, dominant. [WordNet 1.5] 2. high enough to provide a clear view of the surrounding area; of a height or viewpoint. Syn: commanding,… …

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  • 2dominating — index leading (ranking first), omnipotent, powerful, predominant, prevailing (having superior force), salient Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …

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  • 3dominating — adjective 1. most powerful or important or influential (Freq. 1) the economically ascendant class D day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe • Syn: ↑ascendant, ↑ascendent • Similar to: ↑dominant …

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  • 4dominating — [[t]dɒ̱mɪneɪtɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A dominating person has a very strong personality and influences the people around them. She certainly was a dominating figure, a leader who gave her name to a political philosophy... The boy was brought …

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  • 5Dominating — Dominate Dom i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dominated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dominating}.] [L. dominatus, p. p. of dominari to dominate, fr. dominus master, lord. See {Dame}, and cf. {Domineer}.] To predominate over; to rule; to govern. A city… …

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  • 6dominating — adj. Dominating is used with these nouns: ↑presence …

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  • 7dominating action — index obsession Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 8Dominating set — For Dominator in control flow graphs, see Dominator (graph theory). Dominating sets (red vertices). In graph theory, a dominating set for a graph G = (V, E) is a subset D of V such that every vertex not in D is joined to at… …

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  • 9Dominating set problem — The dominating set problem is an NP complete problem in graph theory.DefinitionAn instance of the dominating set problem consists of: * a graph G with a set V of vertices and a set E of edges, and * a positive integer K smaller than or equal to… …

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  • 10dominating — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Exercising controlling power or influence: commanding, controlling, dominant, domina tive, governing, paramount, preponderant, regnant, reigning, ruling. See OVER …

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