preponderate
verb[I]
formaluk/prɪˈpɒn.dər.eɪt/us/prɪˈpɑːn.dɚ.eɪt/to be moreimportantorlargerinsizeornumberthan otherpeopleor things in agroup:
Although it was amixedclass,girlspreponderated.
Theevidencepreponderatesheavilyagainst theverdict.
See
preponderant
- Asenseofgeneralhappinesspreponderated.
- They gave hisstatementa preponderatingimportancewhich it did not reallypossess.
- Middle-aged orelderlypatientspreponderated on theward.
Being important and having importance
- bulk
- bulk largeidiom
- centrality
- come
- come beforesomething/someone
- count
- cut
- cut to the chaseidiom
- fish
- have bigger/other fish to fryidiom
- have/take pride of placeidiom
- high-stakes
- loom
- loom largeidiom
- matter
- mean the world tosomeoneidiom
- override
- reign
- signify
- weigh