Predominate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To have or gain controlling power or influence; prevail: Good predominates over evil in many literary works.
  • verb-intransitive. To be of or have greater quantity or importance; preponderate: French-speaking people predominate in Quebec.
  • v. To dominate or prevail over.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
  • v. To be prominent; to loom large; to be the chief component of a whole.
  • v. To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.
  • adj. predominant
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To be superior in number, strength, influence, or authority; to have controlling power or influence; to prevail; to rule; to have the mastery.
  • v. To rule over; to overpower.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To have or exert controlling power; surpass in authority or influence; be superior; preponderate.
  • Synonyms To prevail, preponderate.
  • To overrule; master; prevail over.
  • Predominant; ruling.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
  • v. appear very large or occupy a commanding position
  • adj. having superior power and influence
    • Equivalent
    dominant   
    Verb Form
    predominated    predominates    predominating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rise    rear    lift   
    Hyponym
    overbalance    preponderate    override    outbalance    outweigh    overarch   
    Form
    predominated    predominating   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    prevail    rule    overpower    control    preponderate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    denominate    dominate    innominate    nominate   
     
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