predominate
to be the stronger or leading element or force.
to have numerical superiority or advantage: The radicals predominate in the new legislature.
to surpass others in authority or influence; be preeminent: He predominated in the political scene.
to have or exert controlling power (often followed byover): Good sense predominated over the impulse to fight.
to appear more noticeable or imposing than something else: Blues and greens predominated in the painting.
to dominate or prevail over.
Origin of predominate
1Other words for predominate
Other words from predominate
- pre·dom·i·nate·ly [pri-dom-uh-nit-lee], /prɪˈdɒm ə nɪt li/, adverb
- pre·dom·i·nat·ing·ly, adverb
- pre·dom·i·na·tion, noun
- pre·dom·i·na·tor, noun
Words that may be confused with predominate
- predominant, predominate
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How to use predominate in a sentence
America remains, and likely will remain, a predominately suburban nation for decades to come.
In some predominately ISIS-controlled provinces, there were attempts to block internet access entirely.
Iraq’s Internet Blockade Doesn’t Touch ISIS Sites | Gideon Resnick | June 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are ‘stylish,’ at least in a way that allows them to be taken seriously in a predominately male-dominated career.
Anne Hidalgo, Paris’s First Female Mayor, Isn’t a Fashionista…and That’s Quite All Right | Erin Cunningham | April 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe killings of some 7,000 Sunni Syrians in March of 2011 by predominately Alawite security forces forced Hamas to take a stand.
Many of the predominately young demonstrators, however, seemed to be there to protest—and also for the adrenaline.
Turkish Protesters Are Entrenched as Protests Continue | Mike Giglio | June 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The outer is predominately vesiculose, the inner more gelatinous.
The North American Slime-Moulds | Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBrideAnd although that is not exclusively his use of the emblem, it is predominately so, and it is so here.
Expositions of Holy Scripture | Alexander MaclarenThe public's conception of medicine is predominately a passive one.
When You Don't Know Where to Turn | Steven J. BartlettThe black bullheads taken in 1957 were predominately yearlings.
Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas | James Everett DeaconOn the whole the Fijians are predominately Melanesian but with numerous Polynesian affinities that vary with locality.
A Racial Study of the Fijians | Norman E. Gabel
British Dictionary definitions for predominate
/ (prɪˈdɒmɪˌneɪt) /
(intr often foll by over) to have power, influence, or control
(intr) to prevail or preponderate
(tr) rare to dominate or have control over
Origin of predominate
1Derived forms of predominate
- predominately, adverb
- predomination, noun
- predominator, noun
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