predominant

/pri'dɔminənt/

Thân thiện

The predominant color in the garden is a vibrant purple.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having superior power, influence, or authority: Being the most noticeable, strongest, or most important element in a situation.
   • Most common, frequent, or widespread: Being the one that occurs most often or is generally present.

Usage

• The adjective predominant is used to describe the element, force, idea, or feature that is most powerful, influential, or common within a particular context.
• It is often followed by the preposition "in" (e.g., predominant in a region) or "among" (e.g., predominant among a group).

Examples

• Having superior power/influence:
  • The company holds a predominant position in the global market.
  • The predominant feeling after the meeting was one of relief.
• Most common or frequent:
  • Pine trees are the predominant species in this forest.
  • English is the predominant language spoken in the conference.

Advanced Usage

• "to be predominant over": To be more powerful or influential than something else (less common construction).
  • In that era, military power was predominant over economic concerns.
• "the predominant reason/view/theory": Used to specify the most important or widely accepted reason, view, or theory.
  • The predominant theory suggests a climate-related cause for the extinction.

Variants and Related Words

• Predominantly (adverb): Mainly; for the most part.
  • The audience was predominantly young adults.
• Predominance (noun): The state or condition of being predominant.
  • The predominance of digital media has changed how we consume news.

Synonyms

• Dominant: Exercising the most control or influence.
• Prevalent: Widespread in a particular area or at a particular time.
• Main: Most important or significant.
• Primary: Of chief importance; principal.

Antonyms

• Subordinate: Lower in rank or position.
• Minor: Lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.
• Secondary: Coming after, less important than, or resulting from something primary.

Related Phrases

• Predominant feature: The most noticeable or important characteristic.
  • The building's predominant feature is its glass dome.
• Predominant color: The color that appears most frequently or is most dominant.
  • The predominant color in the painting is a deep blue.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having superior power and influence
   • the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism
2. most frequent or common
   • prevailing winds

Từ đồng nghĩa

• overriding
• paramount
• predominate
• preponderant
• preponderating
• prevailing
• prevalent
• dominant
• rife