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1.
having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
2.
preponderant; prominent: a predominant trait; the predominant color of a painting.
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Predominant
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Example Sentences
- Spanish is the predominant language here.
- That makes loans the predominant form of financial aid.
- Bobbin lace is the predominant type of lace made on Brazil's northeastern coast.
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predominant
1576, from M.Fr. prédominant (14c.), from M.L. *prædominantem, prp. of *prædominare, from L. præ- "before" + dominari "to rule" (see dominate). The verb predominate is attested from 1594.
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