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reign 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/rān/,
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reigned, past participle; reigning, present participle; reigned, past tense; reigns, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Hold royal office; rule as king or queen
    • - Queen Elizabeth reigns over the UK
    • - the Nashville sound will reign supreme once again
  2. (of a quality or condition) Prevail; predominate
    • - confusion reigned
  3. (of a sports player or team) Currently hold a particular title

Noun
  1. The period during which a sovereign rules
    • - the original chapel was built in the reign of Charles I
  2. The period of prevalence or domination of a specified thing
    • - these historic seconds inaugurated the reign of negative political advertising
  3. The period during which an athlete or team holds a specified title

  1. a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful; "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism"
  2. have sovereign power; "Henry VIII reigned for a long time"
  3. the period during which a monarch is sovereign; "during the reign of Henry VIII"
  4. predominate: be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
  5. royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
  6. (reigning) regnant: exercising power or authority
  7. A reign is the term used to describe the period of a person's or dynasty's occupation of the office of monarch of a nation (e.g. Canada, Saudi Arabia, Andorra, Tonga) or of a people KwaZulu-Natal, Belgium. In most hereditary monarchies and some elective monarchies (e.g. ...
  8. Reign is a free browser-based multiplayer online game hosted online at . It was initially designed and developed by Ty Kauffman from April 5 to April 9, 2004. Since then, Ty, Mark Caudill and David DiBattiste have built on to the game by adding new features and improving the code. ...
  9. is the rule of a king of queen: King Wilhelm reigned with an iron fist to keep peace in the land.
  10. The duration of rule by a king, prince or noble, taking the form ‘...In the fourth year of the reign of king Stephan....’ In an SCA context, the reign of a king lasts for approximately six months, except in the West kingdom, where reigns are four months in length.
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  12. The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
  13. A boxer’s length of time as a champion
  14. Within living memory