Dictionary

predominantly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /pɹɪˈdɒmɪnəntli/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English predominant Middle English -ly English -ly English predominantly From predominant + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a predominant manner. Most commonly or frequently by a large margin.
   • Both groups are predominantly confined to areas with warm to tropical climates[…] 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 3:
   • “With the food packages that we drop off, we are adding messages in the local dialect of Xhosa, because this is predominately for the Xhosa areas,” Kolisi said. 2020 April 28, Christina Macfarlane, “‘There is nothing worse than hunger,’ says South Africa hero Siya Kolisi of helping townships during lockdown”, in CNN:
   • The first phase of our pilot study found that the signage on the campus grounds was well regulated by the institution and was predominantly English. 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 5:
   • The membership is predominantly elderly, as 90% are over age 60.

Forms

Synonyms

primarily · usually · principally

Translations (29)

cmn 大部分 (in a predominant manner) · de hauptsächlich (in a predominant manner) · nn overveiande (in a predominant manner) · fr majoritairement (in a predominant manner) · es principalmente (in a predominant manner) · pt predominantemente (in a predominant manner) · de überwiegend (in a predominant manner) · fi valtaosin (in a predominant manner) · bg преимуществено (in a predominant manner) · uk перева́жно (in a predominant manner) · cs převážně (in a predominant manner) · hu túlnyomóan (in a predominant manner) · ca predominantment (in a predominant manner) · pt principalmente (in a predominant manner) · ru преиму́щественно (in a predominant manner) · sh pretežno (in a predominant manner) · fr principalement (in a predominant manner) · nb overveiende (in a predominant manner) · ba башлыса (in a predominant manner) · id sebagian besar (in a predominant manner) · hu túlnyomórészt (in a predominant manner) · fi lähinnä (in a predominant manner) · de vorrangig (in a predominant manner) · fr essentiellement (in a predominant manner) · de vorwiegend (in a predominant manner) · es predominantemente (in a predominant manner) · fi etupäässä (in a predominant manner) · fi valtaosaltaan (in a predominant manner) · it prevalentemente (in a predominant manner)