reign
1. a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful (Freq. 1)
- he was helpless under the reign of his egotism
• Hypernyms:
time period, period of time, period
• Hyponyms:
reign of terror
2. the period during which a monarch is sovereign
- during the reign of Henry VIII
• Hypernyms:
historic period, age
3. royal authority;
the dominion of a monarch
• Syn:
sovereignty
• Hypernyms:
dominion, rule
• Hyponyms:
scepter, sceptre
1. have sovereign power (Freq. 3)
- Henry VIII reigned for a long time
• Hypernyms:
govern, rule
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance (Freq. 1)
- Money reigns supreme here
- Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood
• Syn:
predominate, dominate, rule, prevail
• Derivationally related forms:
prevalence (for: prevail), predominant (for: predominate), predomination (for: predominate), predominance (for: predominate)
• Hyponyms:
override, overarch, preponderate, outweigh, overbalance, outbalance
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
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