SkyfireDict

reign   (TTS Sound)

The noun reign has 3 senses

• reign -- (a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful; "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism")


• reign -- (the period during which a monarch is sovereign; "during the reign of Henry VIII")


• reign, sovereignty -- (royal authority; the dominion of a monarch)

The verb reign has 2 senses

• reign -- (have sovereign power; "Henry VIII reigned for a long time")


• predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevail -- (be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood")