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Predominate

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intransitive verb. To have or gain controlling power or influence; prevail.

intransitive verb. To be of or have greater quantity or importance; preponderate.

intransitive verb. To dominate or prevail over.

adjective. Predominant.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Predominant; ruling.

To have or exert controlling power; surpass in authority or influence; be superior; preponderate.

Synonyms To prevail, preponderate.

To overrule; master; prevail over.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

transitive verb. To rule over; to overpower.

intransitive verb. To be superior in number, strength, influence, or authority; to have controlling power or influence; to prevail; to rule; to have the mastery.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

verb. To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.

verb. To be prominent; to loom large; to be the chief component of a whole.

verb. To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.

adjective. predominant

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

verb. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

verb. appear very large or occupy a commanding position

adjective. having superior power and influence

Word Usage

"In children, coins predominate and are nearly always arrested at the level of the upper end of the sternum; in adults, dentures are the commonest foreign bodies, and may be impacted anywhere."

Equivalent

dominant

Form

predominated predominating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

lift rear rise

Hyponym

Words that are more specific

outbalance outweigh overarch overbalance override

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

denominate dominate innominate nominate

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

ascendant be in be in force be the rage be the rule

verb-form

predominated predominates predominating