Basic Details
Word: Domination
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Power or control over other people, places or things, often held firmly and for a long time.
Synonyms: control, rule, power, supremacy
Antonyms: submission, weakness
How to Spell Domination
Syllables: dom - i - na - tion
Tricky part: There is only one m, and the vowel after it is i. Students sometimes write dommination or domenation.
Watch out for: dommination, domenation, dominasion, dominatoin
Memory tip: The word ends in nation: domi + nation. Picture one nation trying to rule all the rest.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The British East India Company slowly extended its domination over much of India.
Example 2: The film is about a girl who resists her uncle's domination of the family business.
Example 3: Rohan's domination of the chess club ended when a new student beat him in twelve moves.
Fun Fact
Latin dominus meant the master of a house, from domus, house. The same family of words gives us domestic and dome.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The Roman army's dommination of the Mediterranean world depended on good roads, strict discipline and a steady supply of soldiers from every province.
a) supply
b) dommination
c) discipline
d) province
Show answer
b) dommination. Domination has a single m, just like dominate and domino.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
The rebels fought for years to end the iaondminto of the foreign ruler.
a) dominion
b) domination
c) dominance
d) nomination
Show answer
b) domination. Nomination would need a third n and has no d; dominion lacks the a and t, and dominance needs a c and an e.
Word Connection
Choose the word closest in meaning to domination in this sentence:
The visiting team's complete domination of the second half left the home crowd silent.
a) weakness
b) control
c) kindness
d) surrender
Show answer
b) control. Domination of a match means having control of it; surrender and weakness point the other way.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which verb is domination formed from?
a) dominate
b) donate
c) demolish
d) nominate
Show answer
a) dominate
2. A ruler who seeks domination over neighbouring lands wants ____.
a) friendship with them
b) to avoid them
c) to copy them
d) power over them
Show answer
d) power over them
