dominion

[zone: 1, ipm: 71.14]

Definitions

  • an area controlled by one ruler
  • any of the countries of the British Commonwealth that had their own government

Examples

  1. A dominion is a self-governing authority of a territory .
  2. All the Italian cities extended their dominion, acquired lands, incorporated baronies, and regulated the relations between the owners of the soil and the tenants.
  3. When the concept of Irish home rule was first proposed the only Dominion in existence was Canada.
  4. New Zealand became a dominion within the British Empire.
  5. The king of Portugal, dreading so dangerous a foe to his newly-acquired dominion, and sensible of the unequal contest in which he was engaged, made all possible submissions to the haughty republic.

Collocations

  • status [score: 10.89, freq: 62] (dominion status)
  • extend [score: 9.3, freq: 50] (extended their dominion)
  • universal [score: 8.82, freq: 31] (universal dominion)
  • temporal [score: 8.63, freq: 14] (temporal dominion of)
  • senior [score: 8.46, freq: 10] (the senior dominion)
  • parliament [score: 8.33, freq: 15] (dominion parliaments)
  • absolute [score: 8.31, freq: 24] (absolute dominion over)
  • usurp [score: 8.11, freq: 8] (usurped dominion)
  • self-govern [score: 8.07, freq: 8] (self-governing dominion)
  • claim [score: 8.03, freq: 17] (claim dominion)
  • territorial [score: 8.01, freq: 11] (territorial dominion)
  • undisputed [score: 7.92, freq: 6] (undisputed dominion over)
  • acquire [score: 7.79, freq: 19] (acquire the dominion)
  • consolidate [score: 7.43, freq: 5] (consolidate dominion)
  • establish [score: 7.42, freq: 30] (established their dominion)
  • oversea [score: 7.39, freq: 4] (oversea dominion)
  • world [score: 7.35, freq: 11] (world dominion)
  • legislation [score: 7.18, freq: 5] (dominion legislation)
  • Assyrian [score: 6.85, freq: 5] (Assyrian dominion)
  • supreme [score: 6.82, freq: 7] (supreme dominion)
  • Persian [score: 6.68, freq: 8] (Persian dominion)
  • extensive [score: 6.63, freq: 5] (extensive dominion)
  • Roman [score: 6.59, freq: 5] (Roman dominion)
  • spread [score: 6.34, freq: 4] (spreading dominion)
  • maintain [score: 6.31, freq: 11] (maintain the dominion)
  • found [score: 6.11, freq: 5] (founded their dominion)
  • government [score: 5.41, freq: 16] (dominion governments)

Thesaurus

  • sovereignty [score: 0.268, freq: 1986]
  • supremacy [score: 0.24, freq: 1029]
  • possession [score: 0.239, freq: 6237]
  • control [score: 0.228, freq: 4508]
  • jurisdiction [score: 0.216, freq: 1219]
  • conquest [score: 0.213, freq: 4524]
  • independence [score: 0.2, freq: 4259]
  • sway [score: 0.196, freq: 630]
  • authority [score: 0.195, freq: 11249]
  • influence [score: 0.189, freq: 7000]
  • territory [score: 0.187, freq: 7765]
  • settlement [score: 0.187, freq: 3264]
  • property [score: 0.185, freq: 3856]
  • rule [score: 0.184, freq: 7204]
  • liberty [score: 0.181, freq: 6364]
  • glory [score: 0.18, freq: 2705]
  • dignity [score: 0.177, freq: 2646]
  • privilege [score: 0.175, freq: 2638]
  • prerogative [score: 0.175, freq: 1087]
  • freedom [score: 0.172, freq: 3438]

Translations

Russian владычество (0.105)
власть (0.579)
господство (0.158)
Czech dominium (0.19)
nadvláda (0.286)
panství (0.071)
država (0.024)