predominate

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"That is the model I expect to predominate in the long term, actually.

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be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

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verb

be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

verb

appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall"

adjective

having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for predominate.

verb

be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

See also: dominate, rule, reign, prevail

verb

appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall"

adjective

having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"

Example sentences

"That is the model I expect to predominate in the long term, actually.

They predominate until the 1950s, when Structuralists seize the high ground.

50 years?Two's complement didn't predominate until the late 1970s, early 1980s.

They all have a very predominate button to get people using/purchasing/signing up for the app.

HN is unfriendly to new users who are used to the kind of interactions that predominate elsewhere.

The first is a decision any central bank can make, and most keep a number of currencies on hand, though dollars predominate.

So just because white men predominate in a field that automatically makes the field less meritocratic?

Well, they had democratic societies, but they're very different from the liberal state that has come to predominate in contemporary times.

And yet, is-a and has-a relationships predominate natural language.

...The sites where women predominate ...Pinterest is full of gorgeous, nourishing images uploaded by contributors.

If only non-glossy, high resolution monitors above 1920x1080 became more predominate.

Passive-aggressive behavior starts to predominate, politics brew, and problems linger on without being solved.

Not credible, because if even a few people stay away from futuristic, all consuming super-porn, and can convince their kids to do the same, then those people will come to predominate, and the super-porn becomes irrelevant.

However, if they predominate numerically - if 80%, say, of YC companies are "acquihired" - this will inevitably affect the character of both YC and its applicants, making it more similar to just another recruiting agency.

If poorly-targeted, low quality ads predominate, it's an indication of insufficient demand from advertisers whose precise targeting, high-value product and/or big brand budget would enable them to pay more per impression or click than ad-funded dating sites and games.

It is an interesting challenge for a PV-curious homeowner - if efficiency is increasing, and capital costs are dropping, and assuming that rooftop cells might eventually need replacing - it is better to cover one's roof all at once with current tech, or to start smaller and plan to add new panels over time until the roof is full, and then start replacing old panels?Local variables would probably predominate, along with loan/lease/financing and ability to resell.