predominately

adverb

pre·​dom·​i·​nate·​ly pri-ˈdä-mə-nət-lē 

: predominantly

Examples of predominately in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Juliana, who was 16 years old and Black, was found May 8 hanged from a tree near a predominately Black church in north Charlotte after going missing for several days. — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026

Grumpy and dour George I, who predominately spoke German and little English despite being an English king, despised his heir, George Augustus. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 9 July 2026

Meanwhile, the United States government has retooled its refugee program to prioritize Afrikaners, or white South Africans of predominately Dutch descent. — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026

On Friday morning, voters — predominately Democrats like Layne — trickled into the Orange County Registrar of Voters in Santa Ana to turn in their ballots. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1594, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for predominately

• idiosyncrasy
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• phenomenology
• abc
• absentee
• addressee
• adoptee
• allottee
• amphorae
• amputee
• apc
• apogee