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predominant

  • adjective
  • /pɹɪˈdɒmɪnənt/

Common or widespread; prevalent.

Other meanings

  1. Significant or important; dominant.

Synonyms

  • prevailing
  • prevalent

Related words

  • predominancy
  • predominantly

Word history

From Medieval Latin "praedominans".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “predominant” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.