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domestic adj. 1 home, private, family, familial; residential, household:<br />

Her domestic life is a shambles. This toaster is for domestic<br />

use. 2 tame, domesticated, house-trained, house-broken: Tenants<br />

are forbidden to keep domestic animals. 3 home, native,<br />

indigenous, internal, autochthonous: The domestic market<br />

accounts for most of the company's income.<br />

--n. 4 servant, (hired) help, housekeeper, major-domo, steward:<br />

Her domestics left and she now does the cleaning herself.<br />

domicile n. 1 dwelling (place), residence, abode, home, habitation,<br />

(living) quarters, housing, accommodation(s), lodging(s), Colloq<br />

Brit digs, diggings, Slang pad: Domiciles in south-east England<br />

have increased enormously in value.<br />

--v. 2 locate, quarter, lodge, settle, establish, situate,<br />

domiciliate: She is domiciled abroad, hence pays no income tax<br />

here.<br />

dominant adj. 1 commanding, authoritative, controlling, governing,<br />

ruling, leading, reigning, influential, assertive, supreme,<br />

superior, ascendant: He has taken a dominant role in promoting<br />

foreign language teaching. 2 predominant, chief, main,<br />

principal, primary, prevailing, outstanding, pre-eminent,<br />

paramount: A large nose is a dominant characteristic in their<br />

family.<br />

dominate v. 1 command, control, govern, rule, direct, lead, reign<br />

(over), exercise command or authority or control or rule over,<br />

have the whip or upper hand (over), run (things), be in or have<br />

under control, rule the roost or roast, Colloq call the shots or<br />

the tune, wear the trousers or US the pants, be in the driver's<br />

seat, rule with an iron hand, have under one's thumb: She<br />

clearly dominates the board of directors. 2 overlook, look<br />

(out) over, tower over or above, rise above, overshadow;<br />

predominate: The Eiffel Tower dominates the Parisian skyline.<br />

domination<br />

n. 1 authority, control, rule, power, command, influence, sway,<br />

supremacy, ascendancy, hegemony, the whip or upper hand,<br />

pre-eminence, mastery: The tsar's domination lasted for more<br />

than thirty years. 2 oppression, subjection, repression,

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