All 4 Uses of
dominate
in
Howards End
- It is the basis of much popular religion; in the domain of business it dominates the Stock Exchange, and becomes that "bit of luck" by which all successes and failures are explained.†
Part 6 *dominates = controls; or is most influential or powerful
- Good-humour was the dominant note of her relations with Mr. Wilcox, or, as I must now call him, Henry.†
Part 20dominant = controlling; or most influential or powerful
- It dominated the rain.†
Part 23dominated = controlled; or was most influential or powerful
- For one of the group was Helen—Helen in her oldest clothes, and dominated by that tense, wounding excitement that had made her a terror in their nursery days.†
Part 26
Definition:
to control; or to be most influential, powerful, abundant, important, or conspicuous