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Examples of predominate in a Sentence
the predominate color in the painting
the predominate reason for the change
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The predominate amount of attention this spring has been placed on the offense, perhaps for good reason: Frost’s résumé was built on this side of the ball, so expectations are high.
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Housing costs played a predominate role in the number of years $1 million can last.
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predominant vs. predominate
Predominant and predominate are synonymous adjectives. Predominant is the older and much more common form. A number of handbooks and commentators hold predominate to be a mistake—a few insisting that the word is only a verb. But they are wrong. As an adjective predominate is somewhat more likely to turn up in technical writing than in general writing. The adverbs predominantly and predominately are a more even match in frequency than their base adjectives are, although predominantly is still significantly more common than predominately.
Origin and Etymology of predominate
alteration of predominant
Examples of predominate in a Sentence
Older people predominate in that neighborhood.
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Metal images tend to predominate in studies of early photography, thanks to their relative ubiquity, physical durability, and the literal brilliance of the daguerreotype and its homelier cousin the tintype.
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Public-sector jobs in the GCC pay about three times more than private-sector ones, where foreigners predominate (see chart).
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Cooperative behaviors predominated—making up more than 60% of interactions—when more than two-thirds of the surgical team were women.
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This and other similar conditions predominate among male children of Irish and English descent.
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Here, too, vivid color predominates: A glow emanates from the pages as a little boy gets dropped off at his grandfather’s house.
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The menu includes hot and cold mezza; kebabs and seafood predominate the mains.
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Most are between the ages of 13 and 17, and girls predominate among the missing.
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Overall, Pashtuns make up an estimated 15% of the population and predominate in the areas of the country that border Afghanistan.
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Origin and Etymology of predominate
Medieval Latin praedominatus, past participle of praedominari
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First Known Use: 1589
in the meaning defined at sense 2
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Definition of predominate for English Language Learners
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: to be more successful or powerful than other people or things
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: to be greater in number or amount than other types of people or things
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Definition of predominate for Students
predominated;
predominating
: to be greater than others in number, frequency, strength, influence, or authority
- In this forest, pine trees predominate.
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