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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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     prime. principally. prior. prized. seminal. tectonic....

   • Znaczenie Preponderant, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     PREPONDERANT definicja: 1. important or large: 2. important...

   • Preponderant in Simplified Chinese

     PREPONDERANT translate: 占优势的；多数的. Learn more in the...

   • Preponderant in Traditional Chinese

     PREPONDERANT translate: 佔優勢的；多數的. Learn more in the...

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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.

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   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.

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   Define preponderant. preponderant synonyms, preponderant pronunciation, preponderant translation, English dictionary definition of preponderant. adj. 1. Having superior force, importance, or influence: "No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power" .

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   prime. principally. prior. prized. seminal. tectonic. weighty. See more results » (Definition of preponderant from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of preponderant. preponderant.

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   prĭ-pŏndər-ənt. That preponderates; greater in amount, weight, power, influence, importance, etc.; predominant. Having greater weight; heavier. Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing.

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   What does preponderant mean?

   • Define preponderant. preponderant synonyms, preponderant pronunciation, preponderant translation, English dictionary definition of preponderant. adj. 1. Having superior force, importance, or influence: "No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power" . 2. Having greater weight;...

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   What is the meaning of preponderant sea power?

   • 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. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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   What is a preponderant weight?

   • Having greater weight; heavier. Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing. A preponderant weight; a topic of preponderant importance. In France royalty acquired little by little a preponderant influence over feudalism and used its increased prestige to substitute for the Truce of God the peace of the state.

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   What is the difference between dominant and preponderant?

   • dominant applies to something that is uppermost because ruling or controlling. predominant applies to something that exerts, often temporarily, the most marked influence. paramount implies supremacy in importance, rank, or jurisdiction. preponderant applies to an element or factor that outweighs all others in influence or effect.

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   What happens if a preponderant originates with a doer?

   • If it originates with the doer, this leads to an unending chain of preponderants, as the occurrence of each preponderant must be preceded by another preponderant. 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.

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   What does praeponderant mean?

   • [1650–60; ‹ L praeponderant- (s. of praeponderāns), prp. of praeponderāre to outweigh. See pre-, ponder, -ant] These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content that does not reflect the opinions or policies of Collins, or its parent company HarperCollins.

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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.