different between consequential vs predominant

English

Etymology

consequent +? -al

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?ns??kw?n??l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?ns??kw?n??l/
• Hyphenation: con?se?quen?tial

Adjective

consequential (comparative more consequential, superlative most consequential)

1. Following as a result.
2. Having significant consequences; of importance.
3. Important or significant.
4. (of a person) Self-important.

Synonyms

• (having significant consequences): considerable, important

Antonyms

• inconsequential

Derived terms

• consequentiality
• consequentially
• consequentialness
• inconsequential

Related terms

Translations

References

English

Alternative forms

• prædominant (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French prédominant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???d?m?n?nt/

Adjective

predominant (comparative more predominant, superlative most predominant)

1. Common or widespread; prevalent.
2. Significant or important; dominant.

Derived terms

• predominantly

Related terms

• predominance
• predominate

Translations

Noun

predominant (plural predominants)

1. (music) A subdominant.

Further reading

• predominant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Adjective

predominant (masculine and feminine plural predominants)

1. predominant

Derived terms

• predominantment

Related terms

• predominar

Further reading

• “predominant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “predominant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “predominant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “predominant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

From French prédominant.

Adjective

predominant m or n (feminine singular predominant?, masculine plural predominan?i, feminine and neuter plural predominante)

1. predominant

Declension