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- DictionaryPre·dom·i·nate/prēˈdäməˌnāt/
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- 1. be the strongest or main element; be greater in number or amount: "small-scale producers predominate in the south"
to be the most important or the greatest in number: We live in an area in which livestock, poultry, and dairy farming predominate. (Definition of predominate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of predominate. predominate.
Check pronunciation: predominate. Definition of predominate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2 days ago · 1. (intransitive; often foll by over) to have power, influence, or control. 2. (intransitive) to prevail or preponderate. 3. (transitive) rare. to dominate or have control over. adjective (prɪˈdɒmɪnɪt ) 4. another word for predominant. Collins English Dictionary.
1. (often foll by: over) to have power, influence, or control. 2. ( intr) to prevail or preponderate. 3. ( tr) rare to dominate or have control over. adj. another word for predominant. [C16: from Medieval Latin praedominārī, from Latin prae before + dominārī to bear rule, domineer] preˈdominately adv. preˌdomiˈnation n. preˈdomiˌnator n.
To predominate means to be the biggest or most plentiful or most powerful of all. Of course, you want to make sure that you're talking about like things when you're using predominate. In the debate about guns, the most logical voices are rarely the ones that predominate.
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 by over ): Good sense predominated over the impulse to fight.
verb [ I ] uk / prɪˈdɒmɪneɪt / us. Add to word list. to be the largest in number or the most important: Olive trees predominate in this area. (Definition of predominate from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of predominate. in Chinese (Traditional) （數量上）佔優勢, 佔主導地位… See more. in Chinese (Simplified)
