predominance
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6.1
- noun
- /prɪˈdɑːmɪnəns/
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predominancia
- In the debate about climate change, the predominance of scientific consensus is crucial for policy decisions.
- female predominance
- political predominance
- male predominance
Well, he goes home, and in the time that he had been gone from his home country, his ethnic group had lost their predominance.
- Well, he goes home, and in the time that he had been gone from his home country, his ethnic group had lost their predominance.
- But you could be adults, you know, male and also be moist in this sense or wet have, you know, predominance of that.
Examples
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In her years of observations at this school, Amy noticed a predominance of teacher-directed pedagogy.
Academic text (2012) -
What was new was their predominance in the song repertoires of the groups.
Academic text (2008) -
If it's X linked, why is there a predominance in males?
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Other respondents worried about the third block, particularly with reference to the predominance of rented property.
Academic text (2011) -
The threat to the Atlantic predominance was represented by Germany, with the result of two world wars.
Fiction book (1998) -
Like the gifted young students at USTC, here too there is a strong predominance of male students.
Academic text (1992) -
Nonetheless, a dramatic reversal of the predominance of girls occurred at grade 10 and continued through grade 12.
Academic text (1991) -
Einstein rejected this idea as unnecessarily complicated and insisted on the predominance of local forces.
Academic text (1994) -
When the migratory exodus became a mass social phenomenon, the predominance of migrants came from the south of Italy.
Academic text (1993) -
Reports of an even higher female predominance in AITD are consistent with the 6.67:1 female-to-male ratio found in this study.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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6.4
Being more important and put before others
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8.4
One thing that is larger in number, amount, or importance than another
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5.4
How common something is in a place or group
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8.0
A state of being more important than other things or people
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7.9
Being better than others in an area, like skill or success
One thing that is more powerful or common than others
A situation where a person or group has more power than others
The right to come before others in time, order, or rank
Antonyms
How Predominant
Surface Forms
Morphology
predominance = predominant (transparent) = predominant + ance
Standard noun formation from the adjective 'predominant' indicating the state or quality of being predominant.
Etymology
Predominance comes from the parts pre- meaning 'before' and domin meaning 'master' or 'rule', the same root you see in dominate. So, when something has predominance it 'comes before' or 'rules' others, which is why it means being greater, more important, or more common than others.