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Gymnastics is the greatest sport in the world, and one of the hardest, but we have to watch out for domineering male figures who try to belittle and scream at young girls.
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Meaning of "domineering" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOMINEERING

domineering  [ˌdɒmɪˈnɪərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOMINEERING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Domineering is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DOMINEERING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Domineering

'Stop-Gate' redirects here. For the waterway feature also called stop gates, see floodgate Domineering is a mathematical game played on a sheet of graph paper, with any set of designs traced out. For example, it can be played on a 6×6 square, a checkerboard, an entirely irregular polygon, or any combination thereof. Two players have a collection of dominoes which they place on the grid in turn, covering up squares. One player, Left, plays tiles vertically, while the other, Right, plays horizontally. As in most games in combinatorial game theory, the first player who cannot move loses.

Definition of domineering in the English dictionary

The definition of domineering in the dictionary is acting with or showing arrogance or tyranny; imperious.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOMINEERING


aspiring
əˈspaɪərɪŋ
bioengineering
ˌbaɪəʊˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
buccaneering
ˌbʌkəˈnɪərɪŋ
clearing
ˈklɪərɪŋ
electioneering
ɪˌlɛkʃəˈnɪərɪŋ
engineering
ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
firing
ˈfaɪərɪŋ
gearing
ˈɡɪərɪŋ
geoengineering
ˌdʒiːəʊˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
hearing
ˈhɪərɪŋ
inspiring
ɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ
mountaineering
ˌmaʊntɪˈnɪərɪŋ
nonengineering
ˌnɒnˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
pioneering
ˌpaɪəˈnɪərɪŋ
ski-mountaineering
ˈskiːˌmaʊntɪˌnɪərɪŋ
sloganeering
ˌsləʊɡəˈnɪərɪŋ
sneering
ˈsnɪərɪŋ
steering
ˈstɪərɪŋ
veneering
vɪˈnɪərɪŋ
wiring
ˈwaɪərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOMINEERING

dominatingly
domination
dominations
dominative
dominator
dominatrices
dominatrix
domine
dominee
domineer
domineeringly
domineeringness
Domingo
Dominic
Dominica
dominical
dominical letter
Dominican
Dominican Republic
dominick

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOMINEERING

bring
catering
civil engineering
considering
covering
electrical engineering
empowering
fingering
flowering
gathering
hovering
lowering
mechanical engineering
offering
ordering
recovering
rendering
suffering
wandering
watering
wondering

Synonyms and antonyms of domineering in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DOMINEERING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «domineering» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of domineering

Translation of «domineering» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOMINEERING

Find out the translation of domineering to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of domineering from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «domineering» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

霸气
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dominante
570 millions of speakers

English

domineering
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दबंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاستبداد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

властная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dominadora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উদ্ধত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dominatrice
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dominan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

herrschsüchtig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

傲慢な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

횡포
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Domineering
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

độc đoán
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆணவத்துடன் அதிகாரம் செலுத்தும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुराग्रही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

otoriter
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prepotente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

apodyktyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

владна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dominator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυταρχικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dominerende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dominant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dominerende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of domineering

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOMINEERING»

The term «domineering» is regularly used and occupies the 68.667 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOMINEERING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about domineering

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5 QUOTES WITH «DOMINEERING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word domineering.
1
Conrad Black
I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me.
2
Ray Comfort
All human beings are inherently good, so when someone goes off the rails, there must be some mitigating factor - he was bullied, was a loner, had an abusive father, or a domineering mother, etc.
3
Dominique Moceanu
Gymnastics is the greatest sport in the world, and one of the hardest, but we have to watch out for domineering male figures who try to belittle and scream at young girls.
4
Liev Schreiber
I was always drawn to tough girls. I liked that domineering thing.
5
Jacki Weaver
I'm in fact Australian but my mother's English so I've got no problem playing a domineering English woman.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOMINEERING»

Discover the use of domineering in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to domineering and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Henrietta's Wish: Domineering
"Henrietta's Wish" is one of the most famous tales by Yonge. It is the story of a young girl whose sincerity for her loved ones is remarkable. Sacrificing her own personal gains, she paves the way to success for her twin brother.
Charlotte M. Yonge, 2006
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The Lighter Side of Mathematics: Proceedings of the Eugène ...
Introduction to Blockbusting and Domineering Elwyn Berlekamp An expanded version of the paper I presented at the Strens Conference was published in the Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A in September 1988 under the title ...
Richard K. Guy, Robert E. Woodrow, 1994
3
New Concepts For Business And Humanity
In a workplace environment where there is domineering behavior, you often Þnd at least one person who likes to control. This controlling person often believes there is a beneÞt in behaving in a dominant way and, usually, does not wish to ...
Mia den Haan, 2007
4
Domineering: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Familiar Quotations DominatingIf there is a state, then there is domination, and in turn there is slavery.ndash;Mikhail BakuninWhat you have to do is enter the fiction of America, enter America as fiction.
‎2008
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Sailor's Psychology: A Methodology on Self-Discovery Through ...
created for each minority the quotas for employment, housing, and praise. They did not want cultural adaptation—they wanted to screen minority out. The minority was marked because genetically they were not part of the domineering ethnicity.
Chester Litvin Phd, 2012
6
De Gaulle, Israel, and the Jews
Let us read the following sentence together, Reverend Father : 'Some even feared that the Jews, scattered hitherto but who had remained what they had always been, that is an elite people, self- assured and domineering, might, once they ...
Raymond Aron, 1969
7
How to Lead without Domineering: 29 Smart Leadership Rules
29 Smart Leadership Rules Rolf Arnold. Domineering Domineering 29 Smart Leadership Rules Rolf Arnold English translation of: How to Lead Without frontmatter.
Rolf Arnold, 2014
8
I Love You But You Always Put Me Last: Why the Kids-First ...
In sharp contrast to someone who is passive, ifyou are being domineering you believe that your needs,wants, and beliefs are ofsupreme importance. It could be that you're always right (as Belinda supposedly is) and your partner is wrong (so  ...
Andrew G. Marshall, 2014
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Systems Biology for Signaling Networks
1994). fz Distal domineering non-autonomy (Gubb and García-Bellido 1982). Vang Proximal domineering non-autonomy (Taylor et al. 1998). pk No polarity reversal (Amonlirdviman et al. 2005). >>dsha Proximal domineering ...
Sangdun Choi, 2010
10
Computers and Games: 7th International Conference, CG 2010, ...
Cincotti and Iida invented the game of Synchronized Domineering, and analyzed a few special cases. We develop a more general technique of analysis, and obtain results for many more special cases. We obtain complete results for board  ...
H. Jaap van den Herik, Hiroyuki Iida, Aske Plaat, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOMINEERING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term domineering is used in the context of the following news items.
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Star Wars: Lando #1 Review
As for the story itself, issue #1 reads a bit more familiar in structure, as we see yet another example of the domineering crime boss/subservient ... «IGN, Jul 15»
2
How Michael Urie's Talent Transforms Terror
The similarities don't end there; Car isn't so much drawn into the eccentric Genesius troupe as yanked, chiefly by a domineering diva named ... «Back Stage, Jul 15»
3
Mother-of-three must serve minimum of 14 years for murder of partner
... recorded the argument on her mobile phone, which he said "demonstrated your controlling and domineering attitude towards him." ... «St Helens Star, Jul 15»
4
Film review: Love & Mercy
As Pohlad cuts back to the Sixties we see that there was an earlier, equally domineering figure in Wilson's life in the scowling form of his father, ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
5
'Cinderella' charms with humor and a good cast
Cinderella (Paige Faure) is, of course, mistreated by a domineering stepmother, Madame (Beth Glover), and her two stepsisters, Gabrielle ... «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
6
"Wolfpack' tells extraordinary story of brothers, film
... Side under the domineering thumb of father and husband Oscar, who had forbidden them from going out of the apartment by themselves. «Albany Democrat Herald, Jul 15»
7
Is China ready for global leadership?
... raises cries of China's 'domineering' and 'hegemonistic' behaviour, then one has to wonder whether the problem is not what China is doing, ... «The Interpreter, Jul 15»
8
Dr. Sharma has performed over 10000 ablations and offers expert …
Some of the most domineering causes of varicose veins are hereditary, pregnancies, lifestyle, and profession. But no one needs to go thru the ... «ABC15 Arizona, Jul 15»
9
'The Hunt': Yaser Abdel Said
Yaser remained a domineering figure with strict rules for his daughters as they entered their teen years. To ensure their obedience, he would ... «CNN, Jul 15»
10
BWW Reviews: NAF theatre shorts: TOBACCO, AND THE …
... year's National Arts Festival and tells the story of Ivan, a nervous but delightfully unfeigned character who is forced by his domineering wife to ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»

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