Definition of Predominate

Predominate

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.

To rule over; to overpower.

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Predominate Quotations

By the 2030s, the nonbiological portion of our intelligence will predominate.
Ray Kurzweil

Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists; some distinguished members of the profession predominate over others of a more junior standing.
Michael Polanyi

Naturally, business and pleasure can be readily combined, but a certain balance should exist, and the latter should not predominate over the former.
Fredrik Bajer

I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher sentiments.
William John Wills

In oratory the will must predominate.
David Hare

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Predominate Translations

predominate in German is vorherrschen
predominate in Swedish is dominera

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