different between accomplish vs predominate

English

Etymology

From Middle English accomplisshen, acomplissen, from Old French acompliss-, extended stem of acomplir (Modern French accomplir), from a- (“to”) (from Latin ad) + complir (or possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *accompl?re), from Vulgar Latin *compl?re, from Latin compl?re (“to fill up, fill out, complete”); see complete.

First attested in the late 14th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??k?m.pl??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??k?m.pl??/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /??k?m.pl??/
• (General New Zealand, General Australian) IPA^(key): /??k?m.pl??/
• Hyphenation: a?ccom?plish

Verb

accomplish (third-person singular simple present accomplishes, present participle accomplishing, simple past and past participle accomplished)

1. (transitive) To finish successfully.
2. (transitive) To complete, as time or distance.
   • 1611, King James Version, Daniel 9:2

     That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

   • 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II

     He had accomplished half a league or more.

3. (transitive) To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully.
   • 1611, King James Version, Luke 22:37

     This that is written must yet be accomplished in me

4. (transitive, archaic) To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
   • 1638, John Wilkins, The Discovery of a World in the Moone

     It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those ends to which Providence did appoint it.

   • 1863, Charles Cowden Clarke, Shakespeare's Characters

     These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect woman.

5. (transitive, obsolete) To gain; to obtain.
6. (transitive, Philippine English) to fill out a form

Synonyms

• do, perform, fulfill, realize, effect, effectuate, complete, consummate, execute, achieve, perfect, equip, furnish, carry out

Derived terms

• accomplishment

Related terms

• complete
• comply

Translations

References

Further reading

• accomplish at OneLook Dictionary Search
• accomplish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• accomplish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• prædominate (obsolete)

Verb

predominate (third-person singular simple present predominates, present participle predominating, simple past and past participle predominated)

1. (intransitive) To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
2. (intransitive) To be prominent; to loom large; to be the chief component of a whole.
3. (transitive) To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.

Synonyms

• preponderate
• prevail

Translations

Adjective

predominate

1. Predominant.

Usage notes

• Predominate is and has been much less common than predominant as an adjective.
• Some usage and style authorities frown on predominate as an adjective. For example, Garner's Modern American Usage calls it a "needless variant" and discourages its use on the grounds that it might cause a reader to interpret it as the verb, which has the same spelling.

Translations

Italian

Verb

predominate

1. second-person plural present indicative of predominare
2. second-person plural imperative of predominare
3. feminine plural of predominato

Anagrams

• pena di morte, perdonatemi, premeditano, pretendiamo