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preponderant

🇬🇧 UK/pri'pɒndәrәnt/🇺🇸 US
GREB1

Definitions

adj.

Having greater weight, quantity, importance or influence than others.

占优势的,占多数的,主要的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
prebefore
+
ponderweight, heaviness
+
antperforming, being in a state
=preponderant

Common Collocations

  • 1.preponderant influence主导影响
  • 2.preponderant role主要作用
  • 3.[preponderant force]主导力量
  • 4.preponderant view主流观点

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    English has become the preponderant language in international business and science.

  • 2.

    The preponderant view among economists is that inflation will ease next year.

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