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nadvláda — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ascendancy noun The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.
  • control verb To direct or influence the behavior of someone or something.
  • domination noun Control or power over someone or something, especially when total or overwhelming.
  • hegemony noun Dominance by one country, group or class over others, especially political and economic leadership that others cannot easily challenge.
  • mastery noun Complete or expert skill and knowledge of a subject.
  • supremacy noun The state of having power or authority over all others.

Senses

nadvláda is used for these senses in English:

  • ascendancy The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.
  • control (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
  • hegemony (formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
  • mastery The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.
  • supremacy Power over all others.

ascendancy — full definition

  1. noun The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.
  2. noun Ellipsis of Protestant Ascendancy, a class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century.
  3. noun A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size.

control — full definition

  1. verb To direct or influence the behavior of someone or something.
  2. noun Power or authority to direct or manage something.
  3. noun A device such as a button, lever, or switch used to operate a machine.
  4. noun A group or sample used as a baseline for comparison in an experiment.

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