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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having superior power and influence;
- Example: "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"
[syn: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Preponderate \Pre*pon"der*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preponderated; p. pr. & vb. n. Preponderating.] [L. praeponderatus, p. p. of praeponderare; prae before + ponderare to weigh, fr., pondus, ponderis, a weight. See Ponder.] 1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance. [1913 Webster] An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the center of the balance, will preponderate greater magnitudes. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster] 2. To overpower by stronger or moral power. [1913 Webster] 3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

preponderating adj 1: having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating]