Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To collapse in the manner of dominoes.

  2. (transitive)To cause to collapse in the manner of dominoes.

Examples

25 sentences

  1. Tom and Mary are playing dominoes.

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  2. I saw Tom and Mary playing a game of dominoes.

    deIch habe Tom und Maria dabei gesehen, wie sie Domino spielten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Have you ever played dominoes?

    ruТы когда-нибудь играл в домино? — SilverBaby

    deHast du jemals Domino gespielt? — Vortarulo

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  4. Dominos is my favorite game.

    ruДомино — моя любимая игра. — Wezel

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  5. Sami knocked over the first domino.

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Origin

1801, borrowed from French domino (1771), originally the term for a hooded garment, itself

1801, borrowed from French domino (1771), originally the term for a hooded garment, itself from Medieval Latin domino, oblique case of dominus (“lord, master”); compare Medieval Latin dominicale (“a kind of veil”). By surface analysis, di- + -omino.

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Forms

dominoes, dominoing, dominoed, dominoed
Base formdomino · to domino
3rd person singulardominoes
Present participledominoing
Past simpledominoed
Past participledominoed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydomino
he, she, itdominoes

Past simpleLesson

all personsdominoed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dominoed
he, she, ithas dominoed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill domino

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpro domino

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dominateB2dominationC1domineerdominiondondon't
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