Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having superior force, importance, or influence.
- adjective Having greater weight; heavier.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Outweighing; preponderating; superior in weight, force, efficiency, or influence; predominant; prevalent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literally and figuratively
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Preponderating;
outweighing ;overbalancing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having superior power and influence
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Examples
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Gertzman argues that moral reformers during this period were “correct to claim that the traffic in ‘pornography’ was vigorous in the 1920s and 1930s, and that Jews were preponderant as distributors of gallantiana erotic fiction, avant-garde sexually explicit novels, sex pulps, sexology, and the most flagitious materials.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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But this is the issue where either the United States will remain the preponderant presence in the Middle East, or we will be forced out by mullahs with nuclear weapons.
Failure by Committee 2011
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And above all Fascism denies that class-war can be the preponderant force in the transformation of society ….
Think Progress » Wall Street Republicans Form ‘Action Tank’ To Push Corporate Agenda 2010
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Mr. Hochschild's failure to present the preponderant judgment at the time is a way of further stacking the deck.
War and Its Discontents William Anthony Hay 2011
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And above all Fascism denies that class-war can be the preponderant force in the transformation of society ….
Think Progress » Passing Health Reform Would Contribute To Obama’s Deficit Reduction Goals 2010
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The preponderant bulk of the federal budget is in military spending, Social Security and interest on the national debt.
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As an archipelagic state, Indonesia is understandably wary of China becoming the preponderant maritime power in the Asia Pacific.
Jakarta's Year of Leading Diplomatically Jessica Brown 2011
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The government is becoming more and more preponderant in the economy in recent years, more than even 10 years ago.
Ethiopia Sells Cooking Oil, Sugar to Correct 'Market Failure' 2011
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• From Genesis to Revelation, the preponderant biblical voice condemns the vast disparities of poverty and wealth that conservative policies cause and actively maintain.
Obery M. Hendricks, Jr., Ph.D.: Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann and the Sins of Ideological Christianity Obery M. Hendricks 2011
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The government is becoming more and more preponderant in the economy in recent years, more than even 10 years ago.
Ethiopia Sells Cooking Oil, Sugar to Correct 'Market Failure' 2011
chained_bear commented on the word preponderant
I used this word in a conversation today. Yay me!
October 18, 2007