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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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Housing costs played a predominate role in the number of years $1 million can last.
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Origin and Etymology of predominate
Examples of predominate in a Sentence
Older people predominate in that neighborhood.
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Varieties with predominating silver or frosty white can lighten a dark area, and so can those with light shades of the other colors.
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Notably absent from our conversation was the King who predominates in public memory.
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But the region’s allegiance began to shift as well-educated and culturally liberal voters came to predominate in the suburbs in the 1990s.
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Blues, beiges and browns predominate in the first few pages, as a child with a backpack joins the throng on a busy city street.
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Vaccine makers nearly matched their product with the flu strain that now predominates.
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The purple-white tones that predominate in the field are echoed by the artist's color choices for the sky, resulting in a painting that has a monochromatic look.
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The strains take turns predominating every season, which is Oct. 1 to March 30.
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As previous research on tolerance in the states has found, regional patterns are also evident, with tolerance predominating in the upper Midwest and Mountain West, and intolerance in the South.
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Origin and Etymology of predominate
Medieval Latin praedominatus, past participle of praedominari
PREDOMINATE Defined for English Language Learners
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
PREDOMINATE Defined for Kids
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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