REIGN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reign mean?
• REIGN (noun)
The noun REIGN has 3 senses:
1. a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
2. the period during which a monarch is sovereign
3. royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
Familiarity information: REIGN used as a noun is uncommon.
• REIGN (verb)
The verb REIGN has 2 senses:
1. have sovereign power
2. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
Familiarity information: REIGN used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• REIGN (noun)
Meaning:
A period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Context example:
he was helpless under the reign of his egotism
Hypernyms ("reign" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reign"):
reign of terror (any period of brutal suppression thought to resemble the Reign of Terror in France)
Meaning:
The period during which a monarch is sovereign
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Context example:
during the reign of Henry VIII
Hypernyms ("reign" is a kind of...):
age; historic period (an era of history having some distinctive feature)
Meaning:
Royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
sovereignty; reign
Hypernyms ("reign" is a kind of...):
dominion; rule (dominance or power through legal authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reign"):
scepter; sceptre (the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter)
• REIGN (verb)
Meaning:
Have sovereign power
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
Henry VIII reigned for a long time
Hypernyms (to "reign" is one way to...):
govern; rule (exercise authority over; as of nations)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
prevail; predominate; dominate; reign; rule
Context examples:
Money reigns supreme here / Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reign"):
override (prevail over)
redound (be excessive in quantity)
overarch (be central or dominant)
outbalance; outweigh; overbalance; preponderate (weigh more heavily)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
