predominate
English
Alternative forms
- prædominate (obsolete)
Verb
predominate (third-person singular simple present predominates, present participle predominating, simple past and past participle predominated)
- (intransitive) To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
- (intransitive) To be prominent; to loom large; to be the chief component of a whole.
- (transitive) To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.
Synonyms
- preponderate
- prevail
Translations
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Adjective
predominate
- Predominant.
Usage notes
- Predominate is and has been much less common than predominant as an adjective.
- Some usage and style authorities frown on predominate as an adjective. For example, Garner's Modern American Usage calls it a "needless variant" and discourages its use on the grounds that it might cause a reader to interpret it as the verb, which has the same spelling.
Translations
predominant — see predominant
Italian
Verb
predominate
- second-person plural present indicative of predominare
- second-person plural imperative of predominare
- feminine plural of predominato
Anagrams
- pena di morte, perdonatemi, premeditano, pretendiamo