Vocabulary
Dominance
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
power and influence over others.
Urdu meaning
بالا دستی، فوقیت، غالب ہونا،اقتدار
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Then from 2008 to 2013, Dr Ishrat Husain`s reform committee focused on specialised streams, instead of generalist dominance, performance-based promotions etc, but there was little implementation of its recommendations.
- Last May, India calculated that it could attack alleged terrorist bases inside Pakistan and create a spectacle of dominance that would advertise its power both to the MIGA base at home and regional countries.
- Just as Hindu supremacy preaches the resurgence of Hindus and their creation of a global network, so too does Christian ultra-nationalism say that these sorts of reservations have to be bulldozed in its own bid for dominance.
- However loudly the MIGA base may shout about America`s decline, in the clash between Hindutva supremacy and its `Make India Great Again` slogan and the Christian nationalists``Make America Great Again` dominance the latter has prevailed.
- Elite dominance is obviously not unique to Pakistan.
Synonyms
supremacy, ascendancy, superiority, pre-eminence, domination, predominance,
Antonyms
subservience, subjugation
Curator example
“the worldwide dominance of Hollywood”
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