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preponderate
[ pri-pon-duh-reyt ]
verb (used without object)
, pre·pon·der·at·ed, pre·pon·der·at·ing.
- to exceed something else in weight; be the heavier.
- to incline downward or descend, as one scale or end of a balance, because of greater weight; be weighed down.
- to be superior in power, force, influence, number, amount, etc.; predominate:
Evidence for the accused preponderated at the trial.
preponderate
/ prɪˈpɒndəˌreɪt /
verb
- often foll by over to be more powerful, important, numerous, etc (than)
- to be of greater weight than something else
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Derived Forms
- preˌponderˈation, noun
- preˈponderˌating, adjective
- preˈponderately, adverb
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Other Words From
- pre·ponder·ation noun
- unpre·ponder·ated adjective
- unpre·ponder·ating adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of preponderate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of preponderate1
C17: from Late Latin praeponderāre to be of greater weight, from pondus weight
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Example Sentences
Indignation may operate on your minds, but a due sense of your own dignity, I trust, will preponderate.
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"The asses preponderate in the streets," said John Turner to me.
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When motives of interest are balanced against motives of duty, it is well if the former do not sometimes preponderate.
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Blue and grey eyes, too, he will expect to preponderate over the black and hazel.
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But it is the bad side which will preponderate; it is the darkest practices which will develop themselves most typically.
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