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reignverb [ I ]

uk ​ /reɪn/ us ​ /reɪn/

C2 to be the king or queen of a country:

Queen Victoria reigned over Britain from 1837 to 1901.

C2 to be the main feeling or quality in a situation or person:

The bomb attacks produced a panic which reigned over the city.
Love reigned supreme in her heart.

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reignnoun [ C ]

uk ​ /reɪn/ us ​ /reɪn/

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a reign of terror

(Definition of “reign” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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reignverb [ I ]

us ​ /reɪn/

› to rule a country, or to have power or control

reign
noun [ C ] us ​ /reɪn/

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the reign of Louis XIV

(Definition of “reign” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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