predominantly

/pɹɪˈdɒmɪnəntli/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

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"The membership is predominantly elderly, as 90% are over age 60."
"Both groups are predominantly confined to areas with warm to tropical climates[…]"
"The first phase of our pilot study found that the signage on the campus grounds was well regulated by the institution and was predominantly English."
"“With the food packages that we drop off, we are adding messages in the local dialect of Xhosa, because this is predominately for the Xhosa areas,” Kolisi said."

Etymology tree English predominant Middle English -ly English -ly English predominantly From predominant + -ly.

more predominantly (comparative) most predominantly (superlative)

predominately

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How do you pronounce predominantly?

The recorded pronunciation is /pɹɪˈdɒmɪnəntli/.

What does predominantly mean?

Where does predominantly come from?

Etymology tree English predominant Middle English -ly English -ly English predominantly From predominant + -ly.

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