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- preponderant applies to an element or factor that outweighs all others in influence or effect.
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The class forces fundamentally involved in a scientific controversy are research teams, even if it is their respective heads (bearers of the relation of ownership) who play the preponderant role. From the Cambridge English Corpus
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If it does, then such a preponderant must originate either...
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The meaning of PREPONDERANT is having superior weight, force, or influence. How to use preponderant in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Preponderant.
noun or preˈponderancy. preponderantly (preˈponderantly) adverb. Word origin. L praeponderans, prp. preponderant in American English. (prɪˈpɑndərənt) adjective. superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing. a preponderant misconception. SYNONYMS overpowering, overruling, major, dominant.
If it does, then such a preponderant must originate either with the doer or with someone or something else, or neither with the doer nor with someone or something else. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
pre·pon·der·ant. (prĭ-pŏn′dər-ənt) adj. 1. Having superior force, importance, or influence: "No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power" (Samuel Eliot Morison). 2. Having greater weight; heavier. pre·pon′der·ant·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
preponderance. If there's a preponderance of something, there is A LOT of it. If you are a prosecutor, you are looking for a preponderance of evidence to convince the jury that the defendant is guilty. The noun preponderance can also mean "superiority in weight or significance."
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Definitions of preponderant. adjective. having superior power or influence. synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderating, prepotent. dominant. exercising influence or control. Cite this entry.
