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Meaning of "prepotent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PREPOTENT

From Latin praepotens very powerful, from posse to be able.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PREPOTENT

prepotent  [prɪˈpəʊtənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREPOTENT

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

WHAT DOES PREPOTENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of prepotent in the English dictionary

The definition of prepotent in the dictionary is greater in power, force, or influence. Other definition of prepotent is showing prepotency.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREPOTENT


assistant
əˈsɪstənt
computant
ˈkɒmpjʊtənt
consistent
kənˈsɪstənt
constant
ˈkɒnstənt
consultant
kənˈsʌltənt
executant
ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtənt
floatant
ˈfləʊtənt
flotant
ˈfləʊtənt
idempotent
ˈaɪdəmˌpəʊtənt
important
ɪmˈpɔːtənt
inequipotent
ˌɪniːkwɪˈpəʊtənt
instant
ˈɪnstənt
multipotent
ˌmʌltɪˈpəʊtənt
nilpotent
nɪlˈpəʊtənt
overpotent
ˌəʊvəˈpəʊtənt
patent
ˈpætənt
pluripotent
ˌplʊrɪˈpəʊtənt
potent
ˈpəʊtənt
subpotent
sʌbˈpəʊtənt
unipotent
ˌjuːnɪˈpəʊtənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREPOTENT

prepose
preposition
prepositional
prepositional phrase
prepositionally
prepositive
prepositively
prepositor
prepossess
prepossessing
prepossessingly
prepossessingness
prepossession
preposterous
preposterously
preposterousness
prepostor
prepotence
prepotency
prepotently

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREPOTENT

armipotent
competent
content
cross potent
equipotent
existent
extent
impotent
inconsistent
intent
intermittent
latent
omnipotent
penitent
persistent
plenipotent
tent
the Omnipotent
totipotent
ventripotent

Synonyms and antonyms of prepotent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prepotent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREPOTENT

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

Translator English - Chinese

优生
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prepotente
570 millions of speakers

English

prepotent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रभावशाली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سابق المكنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

доминантный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prepotente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

prepotent
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prépotent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prepotent
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

prepotent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

優勢な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우세한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prepotent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rất mạnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

prepotent
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रबळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

baskın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prepotent
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prepotent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

домінантний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prepotent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

prepotent
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prepotent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prepotent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prepotent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prepotent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREPOTENT»

The term «prepotent» is normally little used and occupies the 120.546 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PREPOTENT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREPOTENT»

Discover the use of prepotent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prepotent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Behaviourism: The Early Years
PREPOTENT. REFLEXES. AND. LEARNING. Reflexes involved in Fundamental Activities. The behavior repertory of the newborn infant seems at first acquaintance a random, poorly coordinated, and unadapted affair. Yet under careful ...
Robert H. Wozniak, 1995
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Beyond Behavior: Construction of an Overarching ...
Some cues are prepotent in the sense that the organism is biologically prepared to recognize these stimuli as threats in the absence of any previous conditioning. Little or no learning is required for organisms to perceive and process prepotent ...
Glenn D. Walters, 2000
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Behavior Modification Techniques for the Special Educator
In general, the likelihood of omitting reinforcement would depend upon the strength of the prepotent repertoire. As an example of a prepotent repertoire, the housewife absorbed in a telephone conversation will not be inclined to answer a child ...
Stanley A. Winters, Eunice Cox, 1972
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Integrative Psychology
The prepotent reflexes are highly protective and adaptive and from this fact they derive their supremacy in some undefined manner. The most completely efficient reflexes from this point of view are supreme at any given moment. Most of these ...
William M. Marston, C. Daly King, Elizabeth H. Marston, 1999
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The Neurobiology of the Prefrontal Cortex: Anatomy, ...
association dominates the others, it can be called prepotent, and the phrases prepotent behaviour, prepotent response, and prepotent action all refer to this idea. These terms apply both to innate behaviours and to those inculcated by ...
Richard E. Passingham, Steven P. Wise, 2012
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Cincinnati Lancet and Clinic
These objects, it is opined, would in no small degree be promoted by adopting the principle seen in ordinary pathogenic operations on every hand, of arrang1ng the caused of disease as either prepotent or subordinate in any given case.
‎1870
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Handbook of Motivation and Cognition: Foundations of Social ...
First, the theory assumes that a person who is asked "What are you doing?" will have an immediate answer. This identification of action, which is the one most accessible to the person at the time, is termed the person's prepotent ...
Richard M. Sorrentino, Edward Tory Higgins, 1986
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A Theory of Action Identification
At the same time, the person with a low level prepotent identity would seem to have an effective understanding of the action. Such an identity comes closer to providing a recipe for how the action is to be done, without which the overall action ...
Robin R. Vallacher, Daniel M. Wegner, 2014
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Distress Tolerance: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications
When reward-driven behaviors have been learned, practiced, and highly valued, and opportunities to gain these rewards are present, responding for these rewards may become heavily favored or prepotent. In this case, active attempts to  ...
Michael J. Zvolensky, Amit Bernstein, Anka A. Vujanovic, 2011
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Acquiring a Conception of Mind: A Review of Psychological ...
(1991) seemed to equate a realist bias, which they defined as an inability to disengage from the real object, with a deficiency in executive function, which is an inability to inhibit a prepotent response. In the Mitchell and Isaacs (1994) study, ...
Peter Mitchell, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREPOTENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prepotent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Triple Crown Connections
... long hip, and strong hind leg, and she stamped these characteristics on her son along with the prepotent speed of her dam Crimson Saint. «BloodHorse.com, Jun 15»
2
El Roca retired – smart Kiwi sprinter El Roca heads to the breeding …
As for the lineage, it is glaringly obvious this Fastnet Rock line is prepotent. His sons are doing the job in incredible style at stud. They include ... «Racingbase.com, Jun 15»
3
Linear Measuring Improves Genetics of Grass-Fed Cattle
“You need to select from the top, and that starts by using the bull with the most prepotent paternal genetics you can find, and always breeding ... «TheCattleSite, Jun 15»
4
Linear measuring points to better grass-fed genetics
“You need to select from the top, and that starts by using the bull with the most prepotent (showing greatest potential) paternal genetics you can ... «Grainews, Jun 15»
5
Ramsey Hopes for Shining Star
He is an Eclipse Award-winning owner and breeder. He owns and stands one of the most prepotent Thoroughbred stallions in the world. «BloodHorse.com, Apr 15»
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Undefeated Dortmund carries heavy memories of breeder's Ky …
... more refined 16.1-hand frame was a good match for the hulking Amazon, and she loved combining his blood, as a grandson of the prepotent ... «Thoroughbred Racing Commentary, Apr 15»
7
Professor of the Week: Joseph Weaver
And I'm interested in how cognitive can allow us to regulate our emotions, so overriding that prepotent physiological response. TDP: Can you ... «The DePauw, Sep 14»
8
And Now for a Bit of Good News: La Guarimba International Film Fest
Without the help of sweet-talking politicians, prepotent financiers and all around egocentrics. But for me, an ideal has to be made real, tangible ... «Huffington Post, Aug 14»
9
Israel: A cornered rat
What a stunningly prepotent entity! The world stands in awe of the great and terrible Israel. That, at least, is what the Israelis would have us ... «Press TV, Aug 14»
10
Wells heads off Bashboy's historic steeplechase bid
His breeding - by the prepotent flat sire Galileo out of a mare by a dual Guineas winner Rodrigo De Triano - suggests he might have been a ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 14»

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