1. predominant - Noun
2. predominant - Adjective
3. predominant - Adjective Satellite
Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color; predominant excellence.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhile approximately one in every 400 children and adolescents have Type I diabetes; recent Government reports indicate that one in every three children born in 2000 will suffer from obesity, which as noted is a predominant Type II precursor. Tim Holden
So many different styles of music have influenced us individually and as a band. I think heavy metal is there. It's not always the most predominant factor in Fall Out Boy, but it's definitely there. Andy and I are huge metal heads. Joe Trohman
It is obvious, that the people of England are at this moment animated against each other, with a spirit of hatred and rancour. It behoves you, in the first place, to find a remedy for these distempers which at present are predominant in the civil constitution. Robert Walpole
The spiritual quest was always the predominant aspect of my life. It's always been there. But there's also an incredible passion connected to it; it's not just a dry investigative process. I have been extremely emotional about it, and that comes out in the songs. Cat Stevens
It is not as though the process of production holds any mystery for me, I know exactly what it involves and I know the predominant concern in shooting one of those things is production values - or as they would say, seeing it all up there on screen. Atom Egoyan
Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will antagonize the world. Lee H. Hamilton