predominate

Verb

 * 1)  To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
 * 2)  To be prominent; to loom large; to be the chief component of a whole.
 * 3)  To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.
 * 1)  To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.
 * 1)  To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.

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Adjective

 * 1)  Predominant.

Usage notes

 * Predominate is and has been much less common than predominant as an adjective.
 * Some usage and style authorities frown on predominate as an adjective. For example, Garner's Modern American Usage calls it a "needless variant" and discourages its use on the grounds that it might cause a reader to interpret it as the verb, which has the same spelling.