predominant

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /prɪˈdɑmənənt/ UK /prɪˈdɒmɪnənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
present as the strongest or main element; prevailing

Blue is the predominant color in his paintings.

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Synonyms

1 adj · present as the strongest or... prevailing dominant principal main prevalent preponderant paramount

Opposites

subordinate minor secondary subsidiary

Word family

Derived forms predominantly predominance

Related forms predominate dominant dominate

Simplified etymology

Predominant, recorded from the late 16th century, comes from the same Latin root as danger: dominus, meaning “lord.”

Etymology

From Medieval Latin praedominant-, present participle stem of praedominari ('to predominate'), from prae- ('before') + dominari ('to rule'), from dominus ('lord, master').

praedominari Latin dominus Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# predominant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /prɪˈdɑmənənt/
**IPA (UK):** /prɪˈdɒmɪnənt/

## Meanings
1. present as the strongest or main element; prevailing

## Examples
- Blue is the predominant color in his paintings.

## Synonyms
- prevailing
- dominant
- principal
- main
- prevalent
- preponderant
- paramount

## Antonyms
- subordinate
- minor
- secondary
- subsidiary

## Derived Forms
- predominantly
- predominance

## Related Forms
- predominate
- dominant
- dominate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: praedominari
- Root: dominus

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin praedominant-, present participle stem of praedominari ('to predominate'), from prae- ('before') + dominari ('to rule'), from dominus ('lord, master').

## AI Etymology
Predominant is from Medieval Latin praedominant-, present participle stem of praedominari ('to predominate'), from prae- ('before') + dominari ('to rule'), from dominus ('lord, master'). Important recorded forms include praedominari (Latin) and dominus (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers present as the strongest or main element; prevailing. The wider family includes derived forms such as predominantly and predominance and related words such as predominate, dominant, and dominate.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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