verb
- to be greater in weight, force, influence, or importance; to predominate
Usage: formal
Examples
- Economic concerns preponderate over environmental issues in the current debate.
- In this region, conservative voters preponderate.
- The evidence against the defendant began to preponderate.
- Her practical nature preponderates over her romantic impulses.
- Scientific facts should preponderate over popular opinion in policy decisions.
- The advantages of the new system preponderate over its disadvantages.