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Definition of Predominant
1. Adjective. Most frequent or common. "Prevailing winds"
Similar to: Frequent
Derivative terms: Predominance, Predominate, Prevail, Prevalence
2. Adjective. Having superior power and influence. "The predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"
Similar to: Dominant
Derivative terms: Predominance, Preponderance, Preponderate
Definition of Predominant
1. a. Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color; predominant excellence.
Definition of Predominant
1. Adjective. common or widespread; prevalent ¹
2. Adjective. significant or important; dominant ¹
3. Noun. (music) A subdominant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Predominant
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Predominant
Literary usage of Predominant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"predominant position of the French Language in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries.
The progress of events, rather than any fault on the part of the ..."
2. Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"You must have an especial care so to wear your hat, that it oppress not confusedly
this your predominant, or foretop ; because when you come at the ..."
3. Resources of the Pacific Slope: A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of the by John Ross Browne (1869)
"In most veins above water level, horn silver predominant. ... Argentiferous galena
predominant; native silver; pyrite of iron and copper, blende. ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"In the average Minnesota rock soda is predominant over potash, but there are some
decided exceptions to this. A similar discussion of Wisconsin igneous ..."
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