different between predominate vs prenominate

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

English

Etymology 1

pre- +? nominate

Verb

prenominate (third-person singular simple present prenominates, present participle prenominating, simple past and past participle prenominated)

1. to name or mention ahead of time

Etymology 2

Latin praenominatus, past participle of praenominare (“to give the prenomen to, to prenominate”).

Adjective

prenominate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) aforementioned
   • 1602 : Hamlet by William Shakespeare, act 2 scene 1 line 42

     Having ever seen in the prenominate crimes