Sekirov Dictionary

predominate

/pɹɪˈdɒmɪneɪt/

verb 3
/pɹɪˈdɒmɪnət/ adjective 1
forms 5

verb3

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To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
- With economic segregation in the United States worsening, there is likely to be a growing number of school districts where poor children, and poor parents, predominate. — 2018
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To be prominent; to loom large; to be the chief component of a whole.
- All in her mind was confusion; still the paramount sense that predominated over all others, was the bitter conviction of his unworthiness. — 1837
To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.

predominate

/pɹɪˈdɒmɪnət/

adjective1

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(nonstandard) Predominant.
- Eradication of disorder may indirectly reduce crime by stabilizing neighborhoods, but the direct link as formulated by proponents was not the predominate one in our study. — 1999

forms

predominated · predominating · predominates · more predominate · most predominate

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