preponderant
preponderant adjective: having greater or the greatest weight, quantity, importance or force.
Adjective
preponderant (comparative more preponderant, superlative most preponderant)
- Having greater or the greatest weight, quantity, importance or force.
- The judge gave preponderant weight to the physical evidence.
- Women continue to play a preponderant role in caregiving.
- Synonyms:
- dominant, overriding, predominant
preponderant meaning in Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
preponderant in Bengali
- সংখ্যায়, শক্তিতে প্রবল, প্রধান
preponderant in Malayalam
- മുൻതൂക്കമുള്ള, ഗുരുതരമായ, പ്രധാനമായ
preponderant in Kannada
- ಹತೋಟಿಯಿರುವ, ಮೇಲುಗಯ್ಯ, ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಅಳವಿನ
Examples of preponderant in a sentence
- For the present, however, the Swedes were the preponderant party in the neighbourhood; they had fortified the chateau of Falkenberg, and made it a very strong military post;1832, Thomas De Quincey, chapter 7, in Klosterheim: or, The Masque, London: T. Cadell, pages 109–110:
- It evidently served for work on both the physical and the biological sciences, but the biological was preponderant.1936, Olaf Stapledon, chapter 20, in Odd John, New York: Galaxy Publishing, page 136:
Synonyms of preponderant
Forms of preponderant
| comparative | more preponderant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most preponderant |
| alternative form | praeponderant |
Origin of preponderant
From Latin praeponderāns, present participle of praeponderō (“to outweigh”).
Questions about preponderant
- What does preponderant mean?
- Preponderant means having greater or the greatest weight, quantity, importance or force.
- What is preponderant in Bengali?
- Preponderant in Bengali is সংখ্যায়, শক্তিতে প্রবল, প্রধান. See Preponderant meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use preponderant in a sentence?
- For the present, however, the Swedes were the preponderant party in the neighbourhood; they had fortified the chateau of Falkenberg, and made it a very strong military post;
- What part of speech is preponderant?
- Preponderant is an adjective.
Words near preponderant in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: preponderant (page history and authors); preponderant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); preponderant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); preponderant (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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