dominate
v.v. to be the most important, powerful, or visible part of something. You use this when one person or thing controls a situation or takes up all the attention.
v. to exercise control or influence over something; to be the most prominent feature in a landscape or conversation. Transitive — requires a direct object to specify the entity being controlled or overshadowed.
The tall building dominates the city skyline.
One large company began to dominate the local market, making it difficult for smaller shops to survive.
While the younger players showed great technical skill, the veteran's physical presence continued to dominate the match, dictating the tempo and forcing the opposition into defensive errors.
Borrowed from Latin dominātus, perfect active participle of dominor (“to rule, have dominion”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dominus (“lord, master”) + -or (verb-forming suffix).
Ultimately from Latin dominor (“rule, have dominion”), either from Latin dominātus, the perfect active participle of dominor (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), or via phonetic alteration of the synonym dominant, from Latin domināns, the present active participle of the same. Compare the pairs predominate / predominant and obstinate / obstinant.
Borrowed from Latin dominātus (“rule, command”), from dominus + -ātus, see -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a regime handled by people of such rank).
The verb is transitive and takes a direct object. In passive constructions, it is often followed by 'by'.
The company dominates on the market.The company dominates the market.Dominate is a transitive verb; it takes a direct object without a preposition like 'on' or 'over'.