To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
Used in a Sentence
reigned
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for reigned.
Editorial note
Clearly that stuff was just the tip of the iceberg, and the NSA needs to be reigned in, significantly.
Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of reigned gathered in one view.
To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
(intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for reigned.
verb
To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
verb
To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
verb
(intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.
verb
(transitive, rare, nonstandard) To reign over (a country)
Example sentences
Clearly that stuff was just the tip of the iceberg, and the NSA needs to be reigned in, significantly.
Tories now have majority rule in the house of commons for 5 years, which means they can push whatever they want as long as they're aligned without being reigned in.
The only way any corporation will be reigned in is through the legal system.
This practice has been reigned in a bit by changes to law and regulation.
Complicated behaviors require thought, thought can be reigned in with logic and introspection.
The graph is probably there to suggest that the number of rules that we live under is overbearing, and nothing like the old good old days, when freedom reigned.
Probably went overboard on naming for a while, but reigned it in.
And I certainly have zero faith that we'll see federal prosecutors reigned in any time soon.
The sun's rays grew dim and total darkness reigned for days.
Global poverty and global violence - in fact, nearly every major negative measurement has plunged in the last 70 years during which America has reigned.
Before the industrial revolution there were a handful of cities that were big and mostly for political (cities where the sovereign reigned) or economic reasons (trading).
I wish they'd spec things out with more forethought and reigned in the idioms.
Quote examples
They get articles trumpeting that they "did away" with Section 215, they get articles claiming they "reigned in" Surveillance by passing a new bill.
Lobbyists tell the story of how "big bad corporations" need to be reigned in for the public good by benevolent big government, and voters seem to buy it every time.
Scala and Clojure proved that far better languages than Java could actually be practical, even in "the enterprise" where Java reigned, but there are a lot of reasons why it's even better to be off-JVM and Haskell seems like a natural step.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use reigned in a sentence?
Clearly that stuff was just the tip of the iceberg, and the NSA needs to be reigned in, significantly.
What does reigned mean?
To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
What part of speech is reigned?
reigned is commonly used as verb.