predominate
verb/prɪˈdɒmɪneɪt/
/prɪˈdɑːmɪneɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they predominate | /prɪˈdɒmɪneɪt/ /prɪˈdɑːmɪneɪt/ |
| he / she / it predominates | /prɪˈdɒmɪneɪts/ /prɪˈdɑːmɪneɪts/ |
| past simple predominated | /prɪˈdɒmɪneɪtɪd/ /prɪˈdɑːmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle predominated | /prɪˈdɒmɪneɪtɪd/ /prɪˈdɑːmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form predominating | /prɪˈdɒmɪneɪtɪŋ/ /prɪˈdɑːmɪneɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to be greater in amount or number than something/somebody else in a place, group, etc.
- a colour scheme in which red predominates
- Women predominated in the audience.
- Young men tend to predominate in the crime statistics.
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- [intransitive] predominate (over somebody/something) to have the most influence or importance
- Private interest was not allowed to predominate over the public good.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin predominat- ‘predominated’, from the verb predominari (see pre-, dominate).
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