predominate

predominate
intransitive verb
(be more powerful) dominierend sein; (be more important) vorherrschen; überwiegen; (be more numerous) in der Überzahl sein
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[pri'domineit]
verb
(to be the stronger or greater in amount, size, number etc: In this part of the country industry predominates (over agriculture).) vorherrschen, überwiegen
- academic.ru/57468/predominant">predominant
- predominantly
- predominance
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pre·domi·nate
[prɪˈdɒmɪneɪt, AM -ˈdɑ:mə-]
vi
1. (be most important) vorherrschen
2. (be more numerous) überwiegen
in the Cotswolds, stone buildings \predominate over brick ones in den Cotswolds gibt es mehr Häuser aus Naturstein als Backsteinhäuser
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[prI'dɒmIneɪt]
vi
1) (in numbers) vorherrschen
2) (in influence etc) überwiegen

Good will always predominate over Evil — das Gute wird immer über das Böse siegen

if you allow any one individual to predominate (over the others) — wenn man einem einzigen gestattet, die anderen zu beherrschen

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predominate v/i
1. vorherrschen, überwiegen, vorwiegen
2. (zahlenmäßig, geistig, körperlich etc) überlegen sein
3. die Oberhand oder das Übergewicht haben (over über akk)
4. herrschen, die Herrschaft haben (beide:
over über akk)
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intransitive verb
(be more powerful) dominierend sein; (be more important) vorherrschen; überwiegen; (be more numerous) in der Überzahl sein
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v.
vorherrschen v.

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