preponderantly
— Adverb
– English
~ much greater in number or influence; "the patients are predominantly indigenous"
preponderate
— Verb
– English
~ weigh more heavily; "these considerations outweigh our wishes"
preponderating
— Adjective
– English
~ having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"
prepose
— Verb
– English
~ place before another constituent in the sentence; "English preposes the adpositions; Japanese postposes them"
preposition
— Noun
– English
~ (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)
preposition
— Noun
– English
~ a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
prepossess
— Verb
– English
~ influence (somebody's) opinion in advance
prepossess
— Verb
– English
~ make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand; "A prepossessing appearance"
prepossessing
— Adjective
– English
~ creating a favorable impression; "strong and vigorous and of prepossessing appearance"
prepossession
— Noun
– English
~ the condition of being prepossessed; "the king's prepossession in my favor is very valuable"
prepossession
— Noun
– English
~ an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions"
preposterous
— Adjective
– English
~ so unreasonable as to invite derision; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
preposterously
— Adverb
– English
~ so as to arouse or deserve laughter; "her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well"
prepotency
— Noun
– English
~ the state of being predominant over others