predominant
/pɹɪˈdɒmɪnənt/
predominant adjective: common or widespread; prevalent.
Adjective
predominant (comparative more predominant, superlative most predominant)
- Common or widespread; prevalent.
- 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
Noun
predominant (plural predominants)
- A subdominant.
predominant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
predominant in Hindi
- predominant, principal, most of all
- सर्वाधिक sarvādhik
predominant in Tamil
- மேம்பட்ட, தலைமையிடத்தில் உள்ள
predominant in Urdu
- غالب
predominant in Bengali
- প্রধান, প্রভাবশালী
More languagesFewer languages
- predominant in Malayalam
- മുന്തിയ, ശക്തിയുള്ള, പ്രബലമായ, ഉന്നതശക്തിയുള്ള
- predominant in Kannada
- ಮೇಲುಗಯ್ಯ, ಹತೋಟಿಯಿರುವ, ಬಳಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ, ಹೆಚ್ಚುಬಾರಿಯ
Examples of predominant in a sentence
- Nevertheless, the most predominant term is penetration testing, more commonly referred to as pentesting.
- The face becomes superdominant, the eye subdominant, but nothing is properly predominant.
- This system became the predominant peritoneal dialysis (PD) connectology over the next few years.
Forms of predominant
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more predominant |
| superlative | most predominant |
| alternative form (obsolete) | prædominant |
| Noun | |
| plural | predominants |
Origin of predominant
From Middle French prédominant, ultimately from Medieval Latin praedominans. By surface analysis, pre- + dominant.
Words formed from predominant
Questions about predominant
- What does predominant mean?
- Predominant means common or widespread; prevalent.
- What is predominant in Hindi?
- Predominant in Hindi is सर्वाधिक (sarvādhik). See Predominant meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is predominant?
- Predominant can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce predominant?
- Predominant is pronounced /pɹɪˈdɒmɪnənt/.
Words near predominant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: predominant (page history and authors); सर्वाधिक (Hindi) (page history and authors); predominant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); predominant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); predominant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); predominant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); predominant (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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