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[ pri-dom-uh-nuhnt ] / prɪˈdɒm ə nənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR predominant ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent. preponderant; prominent: a predominant trait; the predominant color of a painting. Origin of predominant1570–80; <Medieval Latin praedominant- (stem of praedomināns), present participle of praedominārī to predominate. See pre-, dominant synonym study for predominant1, 2. See dominant. OTHER WORDS FROM predominantpre·dom·i·nant·ly, adverbWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH predominantpredominant , predominateWords nearby predominantpredistortion, prednisolone, prednisone, predoctoral, predominance, predominant, predominantly, predominate, preductal, predynastic, pree Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for predominantMan vs. Nature is the predominant theme of the film, and I always tried to go back to that imagery. 'Godzilla' Director Gareth Edwards Says Godzilla Is a 'God' Protecting Mankind Against Climate Change|Marlow Stern|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST The predominant focus of cancer drug development today is on “targeted therapies” that are both innovative and lucrative. How Big Pharma Holds Back in the War on Cancer|ProPublica|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST The predominant school of thought holds that the markets are irrationally acting—and crashing—in response to the news. Let’s All Please Stop Overreacting to Bernanke’s Remarks|Daniel Gross|June 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST In an election season in which the economy is the predominant issue, the report has assumed even greater importance. Jobs Report: Dan Gross on the Dueling Data|Daniel Gross|August 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
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.
British Dictionary definitions for predominant
adjectivehaving superiority in power, influence, etc, over others prevailing; prominent Derived forms of predominantpredominance or predominancy, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to predominantdominant, prevalent, potent, dominating, main, weighty, prevailing, absolute, almighty, arbitrary, authoritative, capital, chief, controlling, effective, efficacious, governing, imperious, influential, leading |