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predominant 【predominant】adj.主要的；有势力的The United States became the predominant nation in the Western Hemisphere.美国成为西半球主要的国家。

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[prɪ'dɑːmɪnənt] 
predominanthaving superior power and influence
If you’re talking about the most popular or common thing, call it predominant. If the predominant feeling in a neighborhood is that pizza is the best food, the result might be pizzerias being the predominant type of restaurant there.
The adjective predominant describes a person or thing with great power or influence, or something that is prevalent. It comes from the Latin prefix prae-, “before,” and dominari, “to rule.” For example, because so many people like hip-hop, it might be the predominant music heard at a school dance. And that neighborhood with all the pizzerias? Teenagers are the predominant customers, and pepperoni is the predominant topping.
All forms of 'predominant' will appear on average once every 1251 pages.predominantpredominantly
CHOOSE RIGHT WORDS: PREDOMINATE-PREDOMINANT
			
  If  you win an election by a 3:1 margin, are you the predominant winner or the predominate winner?
  Predominate is a verb meaning  to prevail, to have greater importance or quantity. You can easily see the root  word: dominate, to command over. Its  history is uncertain, but it was probably borrowed from Medieval Latin's predominare.

Queens and Staten Island, where single-family homes  predominate, actually saw their first upticks in years.
     Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, winds from westerly  directions predominate.
    
      They gave an insight into the ethos that predominates at top  English clubs.

Predominant is a derivative  of predominate and, by extension, dominate. Predominant, however, is an adjective describing something or  someone with the greatest importance, influence, or power. It can also be used  to describe something that is most common.

The fancy shovels that didn't really cost that much were an  example of the predominant theme of Monday's ceremony.
    
      Just as in years past, steel was the predominant material at  this year's NAHBS.
    
      Such direct calls for regime change may not represent the  predominant public opinion in Syria.

The  trick is not to use predominate as an  adjective, as some less-observant language users are wont to do. It's often  labeled as a needless variant by usage manuals and dictionaries. Garner's Modern American Usage notes  that the usage of predominate as an  adjective is at stage 3 of language change: "the form is commonplace even among  many well-educated people but is still avoided in careful usage." Your best bet  is to reserve predominate as a verb  and predominant as an adjective.

Front	predominant
Pron	[prɪ'dɑːmɪnənt]
Back	【predominant】 adj.主要的；有势力的 The United States became the predominant nation in the Western Hemisphere. 美国成为西半球主要的国家。
Vocab	predominanthaving superior power and influence If you’re talking about the most popular or common thing, call it predominant. If the predominant feeling in a neighborhood is that pizza is the best food, the result might be pizzerias being the predominant type of restaurant there. The adjective predominant describes a person or thing with great power or influence, or something that is prevalent. It comes from the Latin prefix prae-, “before,” and dominari, “to rule.” For example, because so many people like hip-hop, it might be the predominant music heard at a school dance. And that neighborhood with all the pizzerias? Teenagers are the predominant customers, and pepperoni is the predominant topping. All forms of 'predominant' will appear on average once every 1251 pages. predominant predominantly CHOOSE RIGHT WORDS: PREDOMINATE-PREDOMINANT If you win an election by a 3:1 margin, are you the predominant winner or the predominate winner? Predominate is a verb meaning to prevail, to have greater importance or quantity. You can easily see the root word: dominate, to command over. Its history is uncertain, but it was probably borrowed from Medieval Latin's predominare. Queens and Staten Island, where single-family homes predominate, actually saw their first upticks in years. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, winds from westerly directions predominate. They gave an insight into the ethos that predominates at top English clubs. Predominant is a derivative of predominate and, by extension, dominate. Predominant, however, is an adjective describing something or someone with the greatest importance, influence, or power. It can also be used to describe something that is most common. The fancy shovels that didn't really cost that much were an example of the predominant theme of Monday's ceremony. Just as in years past, steel was the predominant material at this year's NAHBS. Such direct calls for regime change may not represent the predominant public opinion in Syria. The trick is not to use predominate as an adjective, as some less-observant language users are wont to do. It's often labeled as a needless variant by usage manuals and dictionaries. Garner's Modern American Usage notes that the usage of predominate as an adjective is at stage 3 of language change: "the form is commonplace even among many well-educated people but is still avoided in careful usage." Your best bet is to reserve predominate as a verb and predominant as an adjective.

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