adjective · formal
predominant
UK/prɪˈdɒmɪnənt/US/prɪˈdɑːmɪnənt/pre·DOM·in·ant
task1speaking
present as the strongest or main element; most common or frequent
Examples
“the predominant trend”
“predominant reason”
“predominant among older people”
Band 8 sentence
“The predominant cause of the decline appears to be reduced funding, rather than demographic change.”
Collocations
- predominant factor
- predominant trend
Word family
predominant adjpredominantly advpredominance n
Common mistakes
predominantly people→predominant among people / predominantly among
the predominant is→the predominant factor is
Say it for a higher band
5main→6most common→7+predominant
Synonyms
dominant
Easily confused
dominant
“English is the dominant language in the region.”
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