Antonyms for predominate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pri-dom-uh-neyt

Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈdɒm əˌneɪt

Definition of predominate

Origin : 1590s, from Medieval Latin predominatus, past participle of predominare (see predominant). Related: Predominated; predominating; predominatingly.

verb be the most important, noticeable

Example sentences :

But this statement is incorrect; sometimes it is the men, but more often the women, who predominate.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

In what passages does her desire to taunt and ridicule Sir Peter predominate?
Extract from : « The Ontario High School Reader » by A.E. Marty

On this side of the cañon the bare rock did not predominate.
Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories » by Various

And for the young Mildmays it was more than natural that the sadness should predominate.
Extract from : « Robin Redbreast » by Mary Louisa Molesworth

Under these 72 circumstances, it was inevitable that the claims of the man should predominate.
Extract from : « The Ordeal of Elizabeth » by Elizabeth Von Arnim

The two sets of faculties never could be exercised in equal measure at the same time: one or the other had to predominate.
Extract from : « The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Appendix to Volume XII: Tales, Sketches, and other Papers by Nathaniel Hawthorne with a Biographical Sketch by George Parsons Lathrop » by George Parsons Lathrop

The bitterness of the hop is so mellowed with the malt, as not to predominate.
Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure

The colors are about in equal proportions, though the red may predominate.
Extract from : « Hints on Dairying » by T. D. Curtis

At this time of the year the fats should predominate as it does in pemmican.
Extract from : « Touring Afoot » by Claude Powell Fordyce

Those in which the blood of the Musk and China predominate are comparatively hardy.
Extract from : « The Book of Roses » by Francis Parkman

Synonyms for predominate

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