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prædominant

prædominant is the obsolete form of predominant.

Meaning of predominant

Adjective

predominant (comparative more predominant, superlative most predominant)

  1. Common or widespread; prevalent.
  2. Significant or important; dominant.
    • On Lord Marchmont's return, he, too, was struck with the unusual appearance of confusion in his hall; but anger was his predominant sensation when he heard that Henrietta had actually set off without waiting one moment.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Truth of Presentiments”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 305

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Forms of prædominant

comparativemore prædominant
superlativemost prædominant

Questions about prædominant

What is prædominant the obsolete form of?
Prædominant is the obsolete form of predominant.

Words near prædominant in the dictionary

  1. prædiction
  2. prædictions
  3. prædicts
  4. prædilection
  5. prædilections
  6. prædominant
  7. prædominate
  8. prædominated
  9. prædominates
  10. prædominating
  11. prædorsal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prædominant (page history and authors); predominant (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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