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Predominate
//pɹɪˈdɒmɪneɪt// adj, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Predominant. proscribed, sometimes
"Eradication of disorder may indirectly reduce crime by stabilizing neighborhoods, but the direct link as formulated by proponents was not the predominate one in our study."
Adjective
- 1 having superior power and influence wordnet
Verb
- 1 To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size. intransitive
"With economic segregation in the United States worsening, there is likely to be a growing number of school districts where poor children, and poor parents, predominate."
- 2 be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance wordnet
- 3 To be prominent; to loom large; to be the chief component of a whole. intransitive
"All in her mind was confusion; still the paramount sense that predominated over all others, was the bitter conviction of his unworthiness."
- 4 appear very large or occupy a commanding position wordnet
- 5 To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh. transitive
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin praedominātus, past participle of praedominor. By surface analysis, pre- + dominate.
Etymology 2
From Latin praedominātus, past participle of praedominor. By surface analysis, pre- + dominate.
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