adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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.
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/pɹɪˈdɒmɪnəntli/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
In a predominant manner. Most commonly or frequently by a large margin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The membership is predominantly elderly, as 90% are over age 60.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adverb
Meaning 2
much greater in number or influence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the patients are predominantly indigenous
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: preponderantly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English predominant Middle English -ly English -ly English predominantly From predominant + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bashkir:
башлыса
(başlısa)
— in a predominant manner
Bulgarian:
преимуществено
(preimuštestveno)
— in a predominant manner
Catalan:
predominantment
— in a predominant manner
Chinese Mandarin:
大部分
(dàbùfèn)
— in a predominant manner
Czech:
převážně
— in a predominant manner
Finnish:
lähinnä
— in a predominant manner
Finnish:
etupäässä
— in a predominant manner
Finnish:
valtaosin
— in a predominant manner
Finnish:
valtaosaltaan
— in a predominant manner
French:
principalement
— in a predominant manner
French:
majoritairement
— in a predominant manner
French:
essentiellement
— in a predominant manner
German:
vorwiegend
— in a predominant manner
German:
überwiegend
— in a predominant manner
German:
hauptsächlich
— in a predominant manner
German:
vorrangig
— in a predominant manner
Hungarian:
túlnyomóan
— in a predominant manner
Hungarian:
túlnyomórészt
— in a predominant manner
Indonesian:
sebagian besar
— in a predominant manner
Italian:
prevalentemente
— in a predominant manner
Norwegian Bokmål:
overveiende
— in a predominant manner
Norwegian Nynorsk:
overveiande
— in a predominant manner
Portuguese:
principalmente
— in a predominant manner
Portuguese:
predominantemente
— in a predominant manner
Russian:
преиму́щественно
(preimúščestvenno)
— in a predominant manner
Serbo-Croatian:
pretežno
— in a predominant manner
Spanish:
principalmente
— in a predominant manner
Spanish:
predominantemente
— in a predominant manner
Ukrainian:
перева́жно
(perevážno)
— in a predominant manner
