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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. most frequent or common;
- Example: "prevailing winds"
[syn: prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife]

2. having superior power and influence;
- Example: "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"
[syn: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Predominant \Pre*dom"i*nant\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]dominant. See
   Predominante.]
   Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength,
   influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color;
   predominant excellence.
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         Those help . . . were predominant in the king's mind.
                                                  --Bacon.
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         Foul subordination is predominant.       --Shak.
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   Syn: Prevalent; superior; prevailing; ascendant; ruling;
        reigning; controlling; overruling.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

predominant
    adj 1: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn:
           prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant,
           rife]
    2: having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood
       among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding,
       paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant,
       preponderating]