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predominate

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) predominate (adjective)
  2. 2) predominate (verb)
  3. predominately (adverb)

1pre·dom·i·nate

adj \-nət\

Definition of PREDOMINATE

: predominant
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Examples of PREDOMINATE

  1. the predominate color in the painting
  2. the predominate reason for the change

Origin of PREDOMINATE

alteration of predominant
First Known Use: 1591

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