The predominant belief since the dissolution of the Soviet Union has been that another world is not possible.
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Predominant
//pɹɪˈdɒmɪnənt//
Synonyms for "predominant" (110 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (55)
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Synonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- доминиращ adj (significant or important; dominant)
- преобладаващ adj (common or widespread; prevalent)
Catalan
2 entries- predominant adj (common or widespread; prevalent)
- predominant adj (significant or important; dominant)
Czech
1 entries- převažující adj (common or widespread; prevalent)
Finnish
3 entries- hallitseva adj (significant or important; dominant)
- vallitseva adj (common or widespread; prevalent)
- vallitseva adj (significant or important; dominant)
French
1 entries- prédominant adj (common or widespread; prevalent)
Galician
2 entries- predominante adj (common or widespread; prevalent)
- predominante adj (significant or important; dominant)
Georgian
1 entries- გაბატონებული adj (significant or important; dominant)
Hungarian
2 entries- túlnyomó adj (common or widespread; prevalent)
- uralkodó adj (significant or important; dominant)
Irish
1 entries- ardcheannasach adj (significant or important; dominant)
Italian
2 entries- predominante adj (common or widespread; prevalent)
- significativo adj (significant or important; dominant)
Latin
1 entries- superans adj (significant or important; dominant)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fremherskende adj (common or widespread; prevalent)
Polish
2 entries- dominujący adj (significant or important; dominant)
- przeważający adj (common or widespread; prevalent)
Portuguese
2 entries- predominante adj (common or widespread; prevalent)
- predominante adj (significant or important; dominant)
Russian
3 entries- госпо́дствующий adj (significant or important; dominant)
- домини́рующий adj (significant or important; dominant)
- преоблада́ющий adj (common or widespread; prevalent)
Spanish
2 entries- predominante adj (common or widespread; prevalent)
- predominante adj (significant or important; dominant)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
You could say that France is the predominant cultural power in Europe.
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The United States is retreating from Iraq after eight years of a war that has served no purpose other than destroying a country fighting its own war against Iran. Since nature hates vacuums, Iran has now taken the United States' place as predominant superpower in the region. Guess they've never heard of the phrase "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" on the other side of the Atlantic.
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According to the World Health Organization, unprotected sexual intercourse between men and women is the predominant mode of HIV transmission.
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