Definition of Predominant

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Definition of Predominant
	Predominant Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color; predominant excellence. Related Definitions: As, Ascendency, Authority, Color, Excellence, Having, In, Influence, Or, Over, Predominant, Prevailing, Strength, Superior, The

Predominant Quotations

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

While 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

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

For when it is the good that is under consideration, and the ethical object is predominant, truth must be considered more in reference to art than science, if, that is, unity is to be preserved in the work generally.
Friedrich Schleiermacher

The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Time has the same effect on the mind as on the face; the predominant passion and the strongest feature become more conspicuous from the others' retiring.
Mary Wortley

The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests.
Breyten Breytenbach

People are predominant in my paintings. Although they are not obvious, you can feel their presence.
Ralph Allen

Predominant Translations

predominant in Dutch is voornaamste, hoofd-
predominant in Spanish is predominante, principal

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