All 5 Uses of
dominate
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
- The whole land was cruel, and a climbing cloud of slate-edged blackness dominated the sky.†
Chpt 15dominated = controlled; or was most influential or powerful
- But Kennicott's dominance was heavy upon her.†
Chpt 16dominance = most powerful, influential, or conspicuous
- Its philosophy and its feuds dominated her.†
Chpt 20dominated = controlled; or was most influential or powerful
- She had inquired as to the effect of this dominating dullness upon foreigners.†
Chpt 22 *dominating = controlling; or most influential or powerful
- It is a force seeking to dominate the earth, to drain the hills and sea of color, to set Dante at boosting Gopher Prairie, and to dress the high gods in Klassy Kollege Klothes.†
Chpt 22
Definitions:
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(1)
(dominate) to control; or to be most influential, powerful, abundant, important, or conspicuous
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, domination can refer to a high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy.