preponderant
adjective/prɪˈpɒndərənt/
/prɪˈpɑːndərənt/
[usually before noun] (formal)- larger in number or more important than other people or things in a groupWord Originlate Middle English: from Latin preponderant- ‘weighing more’, from the verb praeponderare, from prae ‘before’ + ponderare ‘weigh, consider’.
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