preponderant
superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
Origin of preponderant
1Other 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 JohnstonIf he is wholly evil, as many say he is, then the American democracy is preponderantly evil.
A Preface to Politics | Walter LippmannShe is preponderantly an immature worker; she expects, quite reasonably, humanly and naturally, to marry.
Women in Modern Industry | B. L. HutchinsThe heroes or personages are preponderantly boys, sometimes even miraculously precocious babies.
Seven Mohave Myths | A. L. Kroeber
British Dictionary definitions for preponderant
/ (prɪˈpɒndərənt) /
greater in weight, force, influence, etc
Derived forms of preponderant
- preponderantly, adverb
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