Predominating

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Predominate \Pre*dom"i*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     {Predominated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predominating}.] [Pref. pre-
     + dominate: cf. F. pr['e]dominer.]
     To be superior in number, strength, influence, or authority;
     to have controlling power or influence; to prevail; to rule;
     to have the mastery; as, love predominated in her heart.


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           [Certain] rays may predominate over the rest. --Sir. I.
                                                    Newton.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "predominating":
     accustomed, average, besetting, common, commonplace, conventional,
     current, customary, dominant, epidemic, everyday, familiar,
     habitual, household, normal, normative, ordinary, pandemic,
     popular, predominant, prescriptive, prevailing, prevalent, rampant,
     regnant, regular, regulation, reigning, rife, routine, ruling,
     running, standard, stereotyped, stock, universal, usual,
     vernacular, wonted