preponderant

[ pri-pon-der-uhnt ]
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adjective
  1. superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.

Origin of preponderant

1
1650–60; <Latin praeponderant- (stem of praeponderāns), present participle of praeponderāre to outweigh. See pre-, ponder, -ant

Other words for preponderant

Other words from preponderant

  • pre·pon·der·ant·ly, adverb

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How to use preponderant in a sentence

  • These tricellular reflex organs are preponderantly developed in the great majority of the invertebrates.

  • He now could see the Federal line of battle, drawn on both sides of the pike, but preponderantly to the westward.

    The Long Roll | Mary Johnston
  • If he is wholly evil, as many say he is, then the American democracy is preponderantly evil.

    A Preface to Politics | Walter Lippmann
  • She is preponderantly an immature worker; she expects, quite reasonably, humanly and naturally, to marry.

    Women in Modern Industry | B. L. Hutchins
  • The heroes or personages are preponderantly boys, sometimes even miraculously precocious babies.

    Seven Mohave Myths | A. L. Kroeber

British Dictionary definitions for preponderant

preponderant

/ (prɪˈpɒndərənt) /


adjective
  1. greater in weight, force, influence, etc

Derived forms of preponderant

  • preponderantly, adverb

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