Predominant Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of PREDOMINANT

[more predominant; most predominant]

:

more important, powerful, successful, or noticeable than other people or things

• Red is the predominant [=_main_] color in the painting.

• Religion is the predominant theme of the play.

• She is predominant among new writers.

• Older people are predominant in that neighborhood. [=most of the people in that neighborhood are older]

• The speech was predominantly [=_mainly, primarily_] about tax cuts.

• The people in that neighborhood are predominantly [=_mostly_] older.