Predominant (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Most frequent or common; "prevailing winds".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The company's predominant product is a popular brand of shampoo sold in stores worldwide.
- Carbon dioxide is the predominant gas responsible for the greenhouse effect.
- Coal was the predominant source of energy in the industrial revolution.
- English is the predominant language spoken in North America.
- In the southern hemisphere the predominant ocean current is the West Wind Drift.
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Meaning 2
Having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism".
Classification
All adjective clusters.