• a b
  • Log In
  • Home
  • Vocabulary
  • Writing
  • Mobile apps
  • Help
  • ©2017 EdictFree.
    All Rights Reserved.
Vocabulary
  • Topic
Help
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy policy
Mobile apps
  • Android
  • Ios
Bright
  • Home
  • Vocabulary
    • Topic
  • Writing

Free Online Dictionary

The home of living English, with more than 820,000 words, meanings and phrases
All Properties select
District 1 District 2 District 7 More

Longman Dictionary English

Word family adjective predominant verb predominate adverb predominantly
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpredominantlypre‧dom‧i‧nant‧ly /prɪˈdɒmənəntli $ -ˈdɑː-/ ●●○ AWL adverb MOSTmostly or mainly The city’s population is predominantly Irish.
Examples from the Corpus
predominantly• Soho was predominantly a male environment: women, to be tolerated had to be either very beautiful, girlfriends or wives.• Our economy is predominantly capitalist.• The character Shylock is a Jew living in a predominantly Christian society.• These easterly areas cater predominantly for caravans, camping and chalets, offering the tourist many facilities and entertainment.• It is the first to be drawn predominantly from the left, with no fewer than nine ex-communists in the 21-member cabinet.• They also, to a greater or lesser extent, existed outside mainstream, predominantly male controlled, hierarchical structures.• As a civil engineer, Susan will be competing in a predominantly male profession.• a predominantly middle-class neighborhood• The compensatory financing was designed to give temporary support to countries facing short-term fluctuations in export earnings, predominantly primary producing nations.• The above discussion may give the impression that this is a predominantly quantitative study.• Price promotions are predominantly used by fast-moving consumer goods producers, especially in the grocery trade.• The best baseball was in the predominantly white neighborhoods.
ldoceonline.com
Word of day

May 09, 2025

pencil
noun ˈpensl
Ad
Mobile apps

Browse our dictionary apps today and ensure you are never again lost for words.

Follow
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Find Out More
  • Contact us
  • Privacy policy
Copyright EdictFree.Com All Rights Reserved.
Design by EdictFree
Copyright EdictFree.Com All Rights Reserved.
Design by EdictFree