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The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Meaning of "preponderate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PREPONDERATE

From Late Latin praeponderāre to be of greater weight, from pondus weight.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PREPONDERATE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREPONDERATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Preponderate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb preponderate in English.

WHAT DOES PREPONDERATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of preponderate in the English dictionary

The definition of preponderate in the dictionary is to be more powerful, important, numerous, etc. Other definition of preponderate is to be of greater weight than something else.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PREPONDERATE

PRESENT

Present
I preponderate
you preponderate
he/she/it preponderates
we preponderate
you preponderate
they preponderate
Present continuous
I am preponderating
you are preponderating
he/she/it is preponderating
we are preponderating
you are preponderating
they are preponderating
Present perfect
I have preponderated
you have preponderated
he/she/it has preponderated
we have preponderated
you have preponderated
they have preponderated
Present perfect continuous
I have been preponderating
you have been preponderating
he/she/it has been preponderating
we have been preponderating
you have been preponderating
they have been preponderating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I preponderated
you preponderated
he/she/it preponderated
we preponderated
you preponderated
they preponderated
Past continuous
I was preponderating
you were preponderating
he/she/it was preponderating
we were preponderating
you were preponderating
they were preponderating
Past perfect
I had preponderated
you had preponderated
he/she/it had preponderated
we had preponderated
you had preponderated
they had preponderated
Past perfect continuous
I had been preponderating
you had been preponderating
he/she/it had been preponderating
we had been preponderating
you had been preponderating
they had been preponderating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will preponderate
you will preponderate
he/she/it will preponderate
we will preponderate
you will preponderate
they will preponderate
Future continuous
I will be preponderating
you will be preponderating
he/she/it will be preponderating
we will be preponderating
you will be preponderating
they will be preponderating
Future perfect
I will have preponderated
you will have preponderated
he/she/it will have preponderated
we will have preponderated
you will have preponderated
they will have preponderated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been preponderating
you will have been preponderating
he/she/it will have been preponderating
we will have been preponderating
you will have been preponderating
they will have been preponderating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would preponderate
you would preponderate
he/she/it would preponderate
we would preponderate
you would preponderate
they would preponderate
Conditional continuous
I would be preponderating
you would be preponderating
he/she/it would be preponderating
we would be preponderating
you would be preponderating
they would be preponderating
Conditional perfect
I would have preponderate
you would have preponderate
he/she/it would have preponderate
we would have preponderate
you would have preponderate
they would have preponderate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been preponderating
you would have been preponderating
he/she/it would have been preponderating
we would have been preponderating
you would have been preponderating
they would have been preponderating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you preponderate
we let´s preponderate
you preponderate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to preponderate
Past participle
preponderated
Present Participle
preponderating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREPONDERATE


accelerate
ækˈsɛləˌreɪt
collaborate
kəˈlæbəˌreɪt
commemorate
kəˈmɛməˌreɪt
cooperate
kəʊˈɒpəˌreɪt
decorate
ˈdɛkəˌreɪt
degenerate
dɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt
desiderate
dɪˈzɪdəˌreɪt
deteriorate
dɪˈtɪərɪəˌreɪt
equiponderate
ˌiːkwɪˈpɒndəˌreɪt
federate
ˈfɛdəˌreɪt
generate
ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt
incorporate
ɪnˈkɔːpəˌreɪt
liberate
ˈlɪbəˌreɪt
operate
ˈɒpəˌreɪt
proliferate
prəˈlɪfəˌreɪt
refrigerate
rɪˈfrɪdʒəˌreɪt
regenerate
rɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt
separate
ˈsɛpəˌreɪt
siderate
ˈsɪdəˌreɪt
tolerate
ˈtɒləˌreɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREPONDERATE

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREPONDERATE

accurate
commiserate
computer literate
confederate
conglomerate
considerate
deliberate
derate
desperate
enterate
enumerate
eviscerate
exaggerate
illiterate
incarcerate
iterate
literate
moderate
recuperate
reiterate
temperate

Synonyms and antonyms of preponderate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PREPONDERATE»

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

Translation of «preponderate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREPONDERATE

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

Translator English - Chinese

占优势
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

preponderate
570 millions of speakers

English

preponderate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रबल होना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ترجح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

преобладать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

predominam
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অধিকতর ভারী হত্তয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prédominer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mencetuskan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

überwiegen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

preponderate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

있어서 우세
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Preponderate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cân nặng hơn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முதன்மையாயிரு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

किंमत वाढवणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ağır gelmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

preponderare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

one przede
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

переважати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

preponderent ca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

preponderate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorhand
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

preponderate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

preponderate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of preponderate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREPONDERATE»

The term «preponderate» is normally little used and occupies the 128.576 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PREPONDERATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «preponderate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «preponderate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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QUOTES WITH «PREPONDERATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word preponderate.
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Johann Kaspar Lavater
The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREPONDERATE»

Discover the use of preponderate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to preponderate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Edinburgh Journal of Science
If lime preponderate, and the proportions be 3 lime, 93 magnesia, and 1 alumina, the compound may be vitrified in the furnace. Whenever the whole mass is thus melted and run into a glass, the highest state of liquefaction is attained which the  ...
‎1828
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the centre of the balance, will preponderate greater magnitudes. Glanville. — The triviallest thing, when a passion is cast into the scale with it, preponderates substantial blessings. Government «s tie ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
To PREPONDERATE, v. a. [prepon- deio, Lat.] I. To outweigh ; to overpower by weight. — An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the centre of the balance, will prtponderate greater magnitudes. Glanville. — The triviallest thing, when a ...
‎1816
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
To PREPONDERATE, v. a. [prepon- iito, Lat] i. To outweigh; to overpower by weight. — An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the centre of the balance, will preponderate greater magnitudes. Glanville.— 'The triviallest thing, when a ...
‎1816
5
English synonymes, with copious illustrations and ...
To overbalance is to throw the balance over on one vide; to outvetgh is to exceed in weicht; to preponderate, from priB before, and pondus a weight, signifies aUu to exceed in weight A Ithnugh these terms approach so near to each other in ...
George Crabb, 1854
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English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and ...
To overbalance is to throw the balance over on one Bide ; to outweigh Is to exceed in weight; to preponderate, from prat before, and pmidus a weight, aiguilles also to exceed in weight. Although these terms approach so near to each other in ...
George Crabb, 1837
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The Edinburgh Journal of Science ... Conducted by (Sir) ...
If lime preponderate, and the proportions be 3 lime, 93 magnesia, and 1 alumina, the compound may be vitrified in the furnace. Whenever the whole mass is thus melted and run into a glass, the highest state of liquefaction is attained which the  ...
David Sir Brewster, 1827
8
The principles of mechanical philosophy applied to ...
(1), which is the equation for the state bordering on motion, when p is about to preponderate. If the pressures p and q act upwards whilst the weight w of the wheel and axle acts downwards, then it is obvious that the moment of w must have a ...
Thomas Turner Tate, 1853
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the centre of the balance, will preponderate greater magnitudes. Glanvi/le, — To overpower by stronger influence. To PREPONDERATE, r. n. To exceed in weight- He that would make the lighter ...
‎1826
10
Synonymisches Handwörterbuch der englischen Sprache für die ...
PREPONDERATE. >/. . l)-.m\-,iVii% •.„ >: u»%> . □'' .. " ••>« -j-ib *v' i • -»rt 4 jt- osSJB n« 1. Uebetttnegen ; 2. uoertotegen; 3. u&erhnegen. Cbgleid) biefe tfuSbructe in ityrer urfprunglidjen SBebeutung einanber fet)r nafye fommcn, fo finb fie bod) ...
H. M. Melford, 1841

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREPONDERATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term preponderate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Evil plans, opposition against the last warner
... win out; to get the better of; to overcome, master, conquer, surmount, best, worst; to rule, dominate, reign, predominate, preponderate.”. «FinalCall.com News, Jul 15»
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In whose 'national interest'?
There is something called the national interest which should preponderate over any other kind of interests when the chips are down,” added ... «Barbados Today, Jul 15»
3
PM responds to recent protests
There is something called the national interest which should preponderate [prevail] over any other kind of interests when the chips are down. «Barbados Today, Jul 15»
4
America, China and Global Stability: The rise of a new hegemon
In other words, at the very moment when a state achieves the epitome of preponderate power, it should start utilising that power to prepare the ... «Shout Out UK, Jun 15»
5
FPJ's citizenship woes a glimpse of Grace Poe's battle ahead
... may not establish conclusively that respondent FPJ is a natural-born citizen of the Philippines, the evidence on hand still would preponderate ... «Rappler, Jun 15»
6
US-China: Mutually Assured Economic Destruction?
... a nation's political power determined its prosperity, and that countries with preponderate military strength would have the greatest advantage. «The Diplomat, May 15»
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ECOWAS and the dream of single government
... the educational systems of member-states and extortionate border checks other than true security preponderate. These impediments need to ... «The Guardian Nigeria, May 15»
8
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Deeply Flawed Partnership 環 …
... it is doing what comes naturally: creating groups in which they have preponderate influence in setting the rules, just as the US did at the end ... «Japan Focus, May 15»
9
The 2014-15 St. Louis Blues; Dissecting the Leadership Part III
The 1999 Dallas Stars were one of the most versatile, preponderate clubs assembled on the ice in the last 20 years. From shooting-ace Brett ... «The Hockey Writers, May 15»
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A famous poet's advice for college graduates in this 177-year-old …
It is true that a great and rich soul, like his, falling among the simple, does so preponderate, that, as his did, it names the world. The world ... «Business Insider, Apr 15»

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