predominate

English edit

Alternative forms edit

prædominate (obsolete)

Pronunciation edit

(verb) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈdɒmɪneɪt/
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(adjective) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈdɒmɪnət/
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Verb edit

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.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Chapter XXXIV. Confidence.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 296:
  All in her mind was confusion; still the paramount sense that predominated over all others, was the bitter conviction of his unworthiness.
- 1999, Galí, Jordi and Mark Gertler, “Inflation dynamics: A structural econometric analysis”, in Journal of Monetary Economics, volume 44, page 215:
  Thus, even though a total of four lags of inflation enters the right hand side, forward looking behavior still predominates.
(transitive) To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.

Synonyms edit

Translations edit

to dominate, succeed by superior numbers

Portuguese: predominar (pt)

to be prominent

Portuguese: predominar (pt)

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German: ^{(please verify)} vorherrschen (de)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} predominare (it) (all)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} predomina (ro)

Adjective edit

predominate

Predominant.

Usage notes edit

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.