predominant

pre·dom·i·nant  (pr-dm-nnt)

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.

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[Medieval Latin praedominns, praedominant-, present participle of praedominr, to predominate; see predominate.]

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pre·domi·nant·ly adv.

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predominant [prɪˈdɒmɪnənt]

adj

1. having superiority in power, influence, etc., over others

2. prevailing; prominent

predominance , predominancy n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	predominant - most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" prevailing, prevalent, rife, dominant frequent - coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints"
	2.	predominant - having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" overriding, paramount, predominate, preponderant, preponderating dominant - exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"

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predominant

adjective

1. main, chief, prevailing, notable, paramount, prevalent, preponderant Amanda's predominant emotion was one of confusion.

2. principal, leading, important, prime, controlling, ruling, chief, capital, primary, supreme, prominent, superior, dominant, sovereign, top-priority, ascendant He played a predominant role in shaping French economic policy
principal minor, secondary, subordinate, inferior, unimportant, uninfluential

Translations

predominant [prɪˈdɒmɪnənt] ADJ [role, opinion, image] → predominante, preponderante; [flavour, colour] → predominante
the disease is much more predominant in women → la enfermedad es mucho más predominante en las mujeres

predominant [prɪˈdɒmɪnənt] adj → prédominant(e)
to become predominant → devenir prédominant

predominant

adj (= most prevalent) idea, theory → vorherrschend; (= dominating) person, animal → beherrschend; to be predominant in something → überwiegend in etw sein; those things which are predominant in your life → die Dinge, die in Ihrem Leben von größter Bedeutung sind; he was the predominant member of the group → er war in der Gruppe tonangebend

predominant [prɪˈdɒmɪnənt] adj → predominante

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predominant [prɪˈdɒmɪnənt] adj → predominante