predominate
Collocations
5ADJ.
poor
VERB + PREDOMINATE
sentences, tend
PREDOMINATE + NOUN
area, conservatives, tatoeba
PREP.
among, in, on
ADV.
always, such, truly
Definitions
verb
To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
With economic segregation in the United States worsening, there is likely to be a growing number of school districts where poor children, and poor parents, predominate.
These qualities tend to predominate among conservatives but they are present among liberals too.
To be prominent; to loom large; to be the chief component of a whole.
All in her mind was confusion; still the paramount sense that predominated over all others, was the bitter conviction of his unworthiness.
During the silk weavers strike on Jersey City Heights and in West Hoboken last Summer, Poidebard's mill was regarded as especially obnoxious by the strikers, and the largely predominating Socialist element among them frequently menaced it with attack.
To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.
adj
Predominant.
Eradication of disorder may indirectly reduce crime by stabilizing neighborhoods, but the direct link as formulated by proponents was not the predominate one in our study.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — having superior power and influence
- overriding
- paramount
- predominant
- preponderant
- preponderating
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6With economic segregation in the United States worsening, there is likely to be a growing number of school districts where poor children, and poor parents, predominate.
WiktionaryThese qualities tend to predominate among conservatives but they are present among liberals too.
WiktionaryAll in her mind was confusion; still the paramount sense that predominated over all others, was the bitter conviction of his unworthiness.
WiktionaryEradication of disorder may indirectly reduce crime by stabilizing neighborhoods, but the direct link as formulated by proponents was not the predominate one in our study.
WiktionaryI can't imagine that such transactions would predominate in a truly free market.
Tatoeba · #7558715I believe that English sentences will always predominate on Tatoeba.
Tatoeba · #8203323