What is the meaning of predominant?

Most frequent or common.
- usage: "prevailing winds"
- synonyms: prevailing, prevalent, dominant, rife
Having superior power and influence.
- usage: "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"
- synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominate, preponderant, preponderating

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MLA	WordNet. "predominant" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/predominant/definitions/1181232>

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