predominantly
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3.7
- adverb
- /prɪˈdɑːmɪnəntli/
:
principalmente
- The restaurant serves predominantly Italian cuisine.
- predominantly white
- predominantly minority
- predominantly immigrant population
It was only me and my brother and predominantly Jewish, all Jewish.
- It was only me and my brother and predominantly Jewish, all Jewish.
- Well, I mean, that industry is predominantly Asian, Joseph.
- I grew up around predominantly women and gay men.
- Now, was it predominantly sort of Western and Christian?
- Also, I now predominantly, you know, work in radio.
- For millennia, innovation predominantly meant hardware, right?
- And you've mentioned that you grew up in a predominantly black neighborhood.
- And that became important to people predominantly West of that line.
- It was predominantly a black high school.
- And so you're like, but wait, I thought meat was just predominantly protein and fat.
- I could lash out too, predominantly at myself.
- And so it's very rigid and it was designed for predominantly males.
- Now we grow these predominantly for baby spinach for spring greens.
- She wanted to go to London, I think predominantly because she's a Harry Potter fan.
Examples
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You were raised in a predominantly female household and you had serious...
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And yet you bought a home at a predominantly white neighborhood.
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I grew up around predominantly women and gay men.
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Now, was it predominantly sort of Western and Christian?
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And that became important to people predominantly West of that line.
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Also, I now predominantly, you know, work in radio.
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You can see from this map that it predominantly affects the world's poor.
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Changes in policies, gangs, and drugs have remained an issue for this predominantly African American community.
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Sunflower production occurs predominantly in the central regions of the United States.
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Teachers were recruited from 12 schools across predominantly rural and suburban areas in the southeastern United States.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
For the most part
∞
1.0
Usually or in most cases
602
2.4
For the most part
457
2.4
To be mostly about one main thing
261
3.2
It happens in most cases but not always
151
4.7
By a very large amount that makes it hard to refuse
89
3.4
To say that something is true in most cases
31
4.0
Mostly or for the most part
22
3.0
Mainly or for the most part
11
3.5
To a large degree
9
3.7
In most cases
3
6.7
For the most part
In a way that happens often in many places or among many people
Mainly in number, influence or importance
Antonyms
How Predominant
Surface Forms
Morphology
predominantly = predominant (semi-transparent) = pre + domin + ant + ly
The adverb is formed in the standard way from the adjective 'predominant' with '-ly', and its meaning is directly predictable from that base.
Etymology
Predominantly comes from the Latin parts pre- meaning 'before' and domin- meaning 'to rule', the same root you see in dominate. So, if something is predominantly one way, that part 'rules' over the rest — it is mainly or mostly that way.