To enjoy a commanding position in some field
To exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
To overlook from a height.
To precede another node of a directed graph in all paths from the start of the graph to the other node.
To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
Dominant.
The late period of the Roman Empire, following the principate, during which the emperor's rule became more explicitly autocratic and remaining vestiges of the Roman Republic were removed from the formal workings of government; the reign of any particular emperor during this period.
To act as a flagship for.
The most important one out of a related group.
The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.
The ship regarded as most important out of a group, e.g. a nation's navy or company's fleet.