predominate

English

Alternative forms

• prædominate (obsolete)

Verb

predominate (third-person singular simple present predominates, present participle predominating, simple past and past participle predominated)

1. (intransitive) To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
2. (intransitive) To be prominent; to loom large; to be the chief component of a whole.
3. (transitive) To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.

Translations

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German: vorherrschen (de) Italian: predominare (all)

Romanian: predomina (ro)

Synonyms

• preponderate

Adjective

predominate

1. (nonstandard) predominant

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Italian

Verb

predominate

1. second-person plural present indicative of predominare
2. second-person plural imperative of predominare
3. Feminine plural of predominato

Anagrams

• pena di morte, perdonatemi, premeditano, pretendiamo