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I think the preponderant opinion clearly was that St. Louis could be a great football city if it had a team of its own that they could really root for.
Paul Tagliabue

Meaning of "preponderant" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PREPONDERANT

preponderant  [prɪˈpɒndərənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREPONDERANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Preponderant is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PREPONDERANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Superior

Superior may refer to: ▪ Superior: something which is higher in a hierarchical structure of any kind...

Definition of preponderant in the English dictionary

The definition of preponderant in the dictionary is greater in weight, force, influence, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREPONDERANT


adherent
ədˈhɪərənt
Arendt
ˈɛərənt
coherent
kəʊˈhɪərənt
colorant
ˈkʌlərənt
deodorant
diːˈəʊdərənt
different
ˈdɪfərənt
durant
ˈdjʊərənt
equiponderant
ˌiːkwɪˈpɒndərənt
exuberant
ɪɡˈzjuːbərənt
grandparent
ˈɡrænˌpɛərənt
ignorant
ˈɪɡnərənt
incoherent
ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərənt
inherent
ɪnˈhɪərənt
intolerant
ɪnˈtɒlərənt
irreverent
ɪˈrɛvərənt
odorant
ˈəʊdərənt
parent
ˈpɛərənt
referent
ˈrɛfərənt
refrigerant
rɪˈfrɪdʒərənt
tolerant
ˈtɒlərənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREPONDERANT

prepollence
prepollency
prepollent
prepollex
preponderance
preponderancy
preponderantly
preponderate
preponderately
preponderating
preponderation
prepone
preportion
prepose
preposition
prepositional
prepositional phrase
prepositionally
prepositive
prepositively

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREPONDERANT

accelerant
adulterant
alterant
cauterant
fault-tolerant
generant
grant
intemperant
iterant
itinerant
jazerant
jesserant
lacerant
operant
overexuberant
perseverant
protuberant
reiterant
thermotolerant
vociferant

Synonyms and antonyms of preponderant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PREPONDERANT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «preponderant» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of preponderant

Translation of «preponderant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREPONDERANT

Find out the translation of preponderant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of preponderant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «preponderant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

优势
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

preponderante
570 millions of speakers

English

preponderant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

preponderant
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

راجحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

преобладающее
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

preponderante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অধিকতর ভারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prépondérant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Preponderant
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

überwiegend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

優勢な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

압도적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Preponderant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nặng hơn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேலதிகார
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रबळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

baskın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

preponderante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Nadrzędnym
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

переважаюче
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

preponderent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επικρατέστερος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorwegend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

övervägande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overveiende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of preponderant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREPONDERANT»

The term «preponderant» is regularly used and occupies the 75.219 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PREPONDERANT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about preponderant

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QUOTES WITH «PREPONDERANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word preponderant.
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Paul Tagliabue
I think the preponderant opinion clearly was that St. Louis could be a great football city if it had a team of its own that they could really root for.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREPONDERANT»

Discover the use of preponderant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to preponderant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pivotal Deterrence: Third-party Statecraft and the Pursuit ...
Type II Cases: Preponderant Pivots with Secondary Interests Without vital interests at stake, the preponderant pivot's great strength is also a source of weakness. Because the adversaries, even in combination, do not have enough capabilities ...
Timothy W. Crawford, 2003
2
The Quarterly Review
To say that, if I do this I shall get no preponderant pleasure, but hat if you do this you may get a preponderant pleasure, yet it is not proper you should do it, is absurdity ; and if I apply evil in any shape, it is injustice and injury : and if I call in the ...
William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, 1838
3
Irrationality
Preponderant motivation is not built into the 'common-sense' notion of intention. Or, if it is, that notion is incoherent, given the role that it accords to evaluation in the formation of many intentions. For evaluation and preponderant motivation ...
Alfred R. Mele, 1987
4
Violent Peace: Militarized Interstate Bargaining in Latin ...
Crisis Countries Escalation Power Distribution 1969 El Salvador-Honduras War Preponderant 1976/77 Peru-Chile No Parity 1977/78 Peru-Ecuador No Preponderant 1978/79 Argentina-Chile No Preponderant 1981 Peru-Ecuador Mini-war ...
David R. Mares, 2013
5
International Law and the Use of Armed Force: The UN Charter ...
Forthe United Kingdom and France, the region of preponderant interest is defined to include all former overseas territories and colonies, with the exception of®settler colonies, ̄ such asCanada, Australia, and New Zealand. For China ...
Joel Westra, 2007
6
The Centre of Truth
Correlatively, the pseudo-subjective bound pseudo-elements are either absolutely pseudo-preponderant (3:1 ratio of bound psyche to free soma in pseudo-metaphysics) or relatively pseudo-preponderant (21⁄2:11⁄2 ratio of bound psyche to ...
John O'Loughlin, 2011
7
Competition Law of Britain and the Common Market
With the benefit of hindsight, Professor Yamey lists four possible interpretations: where the parties to the agreement are sellers faced by a preponderant buyer, the object of the agreement may be (1) to enable the sellers to earn "fair" profits ( 2) ...
Valentine Korah, 1982
8
Theory of Unipolar Politics
to the contrary, an attempt by the preponderant power to contain the economic growth of a major power is likely to lead the latter to invest more of its current economic capacity in military capabilities. Therefore, economic containment of a major ...
Nuno P. Monteiro, 2014
9
The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected
This is, the case of preponderant inconvenience in the shape of vexation, expense, and delay: incon venience preponderant over the mischief attached to a sacrifice of the direct ends of justice, the mischief produced by ultimate misdecision to ...
Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring, 1840
10
Defence Of Usury: 3
For supposing that, although it were clear of that imputation, it were not clear of the imputation of preponderant evil in some other shape or shapes—on this supposition it would still remain indefensible. To the denial of its tendency to produce ...
‎1843

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREPONDERANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term preponderant is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Incorporation of the Bill of Rights in the Fourteenth Amendment
... to cling to the vastly preponderant view that they were merely incorporating the limited provisions of the Civil Rights Act in the Amendment. «Tenth Amendment Center, Jul 15»
2
Italy ceramics firm to launch tile range
... and multi-format solutions to the decorative decò wave and diamond tiles, District characterizes all interiors without being preponderant. «Trade Arabia, Jul 15»
3
Modi's wounded pride may give him the advantage over Lalu-Nitish …
In the same vein he tried to play on pride of numerically preponderant and socially dominant Yadav by saying that he belonged to place ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
4
PM to address second rally at Gaya on Aug 9
As for the imponderables in the area, especially the old Gaya district that has preponderant presence of Muslims, there is also the simmering ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
5
COMMENTARY: 2015 will be a reckoning of promises on FOI
The more preponderant evidence, however, is that the passage of the bill does not really enjoy the decisive commitment of our leaders. On the ... «GMA News, Jul 15»
6
In Politics, It's All About Timing
With the more centrist Hillary Clinton as the preponderant front-runner for the Democratic Presidential nomination, there was an aperture on the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
7
Vaccine Didn't Cause Girl's 'Autism-Like' Illness
"Petitioner has failed to produce preponderant evidence that the hepatitis B vaccinations A.H.T. received can or did cause or significantly ... «Courthouse News Service, Jul 15»
8
UN development agenda
... preponderant section of society across the world can sidestep the daunting challenges of stunted development and growing inequalities and ... «The Echo of India, Jul 15»
9
British diagnosis may not cure the disease
... immaterial and that ideas and ideology are more or less irrelevant because political and social circumstances are preponderant in explaining ... «The National, Jul 15»
10
World not interested to stop war on Yemen: Academic
There are many people who are predominant and preponderant in the Yemen conflict and the tide is for them but the war has not ended soon ... «Press TV, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Preponderant [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/preponderant>. Apr 2024 ».
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