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predominant

 
Dictionary: pre·dom·i·nant   (prĭ-dŏm'ə-nənt) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Having greatest ascendancy, importance, influence, authority, or force. See synonyms at dominant.
  2. Most common or conspicuous; main or prevalent: the predominant color in a design.

[Medieval Latin praedomināns, praedominant-, present participle of praedominārī, to predominate. See predominate.]

predominantly pre·dom'i·nant·ly adv.

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adjective

  1. Having preeminent significance: ascendant, dominant, prepotent, prevailing, regnant, ruling, supreme. See important/unimportant.
  2. Most generally existing or encountered at a given time: current, prevailing, prevalent, regnant, rife, widespread. See specific/general.

Antonyms: predominant
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adj

Definition: ruling; most important
Antonyms: inconsequential, minor, subsidiary, trivial, unimportant


WordNet: predominant
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: most frequent or common
  Synonym: prevailing

Meaning #2: having superior power and influence
  Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominate, preponderant, preponderating


Translations: Predominant
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fremherskende

Nederlands (Dutch)
dominant, superieur

Français (French)
adj. - prédominant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - vorherrschend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επικρατών, δεσπόζων, κυρίαρχος, υπερισχύων, επικρατέστερος

Italiano (Italian)
predominante, prevalente, preponderante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - predominante

Русский (Russian)
преобладающий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - predominante, preponderante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - dominerande, övervägande, rådande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
优越的, 有力的, 卓越的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 優越的, 有力的, 卓越的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 뛰어난, 탁월한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 優勢な, 支配的な, 優れた, 顕著な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سائد, مسيطر, متسلط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שולט, בולט, עליון‬


 
 
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