pre·dom·i·nant

[pri-dom-uh-nuhnt]
adjective
1.
having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
2.
preponderant; prominent: a predominant trait; the predominant color of a painting.

Origin:
1570–80; < Medieval Latin praedominant- (stem of praedomināns), present participle of praedominārī to predominate. See pre-, dominant

pre·dom·i·nant·ly, adverb

predominant, predominate.


1, 2. See dominant.
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predominant (prɪˈdɒmɪnənt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  having superiority in power, influence, etc, over others
2.  prevailing; prominent
 
pre'dominance
 
n
 
pre'dominancy
 
n

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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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Example sentences
The award of honours in exchange for donations to royal causes made the
  monarchy the predominant fount of charity.
Where taxpayers' dollars are the predominant injection of cash, cost control
  takes a back seat.
The latter were often so predominant in ragtime that entire melody lines might
  be constructed out of repeated syncopated figures.
The predominant view holds that a group of tarsierlike creatures known as the
  omomyiforms spawned the anthropoids.
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