predominant

[ pri-dom-uh-nuh nt ]

/ prɪˈdɒm ə nənt /

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adjective

having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.

preponderant; prominent: a predominant trait; the predominant color of a painting.

Origin of predominant

1570–80; < Medieval Latin praedominant- (stem of praedomināns), present participle of praedominārī to predominate. See pre-, dominant

synonym study for predominant

1, 2. See dominant.

OTHER WORDS FROM predominant

pre·dom·i·nant·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH predominant

predominant predominate

Words nearby predominant

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Example sentences from the Web for predominant

Man vs. Nature is the predominant theme of the film, and I always tried to go back to that imagery.

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The predominant focus of cancer drug development today is on “targeted therapies” that are both innovative and lucrative.

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The predominant school of thought holds that the markets are irrationally acting—and crashing—in response to the news.

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In an election season in which the economy is the predominant issue, the report has assumed even greater importance.

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Great discontent was the predominant feature of this expression.

The Pools of Silence |H. de Vere Stacpoole
The predominant class is what one might call the gentleman-farmer, with the stress perhaps on “gentleman.”

Down the Columbia |Lewis R. Freeman
This was not indeed the only, but it was the predominant and governing, interest of his life.

Bacon |Richard William Church
In Bessarabia, Turks and Moldavians are the predominant population.

The Ethnology of Europe |Robert Gordon Latham
End-of-line hyphens have been retained or removed based on the predominant usage elsewhere in the text.

Peccavi |E. W. Hornung

British Dictionary definitions for predominant

predominant

/ (prɪˈdɒmɪnənt) /

adjective

having superiority in power, influence, etc, over others

prevailing; prominent

Derived forms of predominant

predominance or predominancy, noun

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predominant

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synonym study for predominant

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predominant

adjective

Origin of predominant

synonym study for predominant

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Words nearby predominant

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