adj
Meaning 1
Common or widespread; prevalent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
predominant
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/pɹɪˈdɒmɪnənt/
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CMU ARPABET: P R IH0 D AA1 M AH0 N AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Significant or important; dominant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A subdominant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having superior power and influence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominate, preponderant, preponderating
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
most frequent or common
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- prevailing winds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prevailing, prevalent, dominant, rife
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle French prédominant, ultimately from Medieval Latin praedominans. By surface analysis, pre- + dominant.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: преобладаващ (preobladavašt) — common or widespread; prevalent
- Catalan: predominant — common or widespread; prevalent
- Czech: převažující — common or widespread; prevalent
- Finnish: vallitseva — common or widespread; prevalent
- French: prédominant — common or widespread; prevalent
- Galician: predominante — common or widespread; prevalent
- Hungarian: túlnyomó — common or widespread; prevalent
- Italian: predominante — common or widespread; prevalent
- Norwegian Bokmål: fremherskende — common or widespread; prevalent
- Polish: przeważający — common or widespread; prevalent
- Portuguese: predominante — common or widespread; prevalent
- Russian: преоблада́ющий (preobladájuščij) — common or widespread; prevalent
- Spanish: predominante — common or widespread; prevalent
- Bulgarian: доминиращ (dominirašt) — significant or important; dominant
- Catalan: predominant — significant or important; dominant
- Finnish: vallitseva — significant or important; dominant
- Finnish: hallitseva — significant or important; dominant
- Galician: predominante — significant or important; dominant
- Georgian: გაბატონებული (gabaṭonebuli) — significant or important; dominant
- Hungarian: uralkodó — significant or important; dominant
- Irish: ardcheannasach — significant or important; dominant
- Italian: significativo — significant or important; dominant
- Latin: superans — significant or important; dominant
- Polish: dominujący — significant or important; dominant
- Portuguese: predominante — significant or important; dominant
- Russian: госпо́дствующий (gospódstvujuščij) — significant or important; dominant
- Russian: домини́рующий (dominírujuščij) — significant or important; dominant
- Spanish: predominante — significant or important; dominant
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