Predominance

//pɹəˈdɒmɪnəns// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition or state of being predominant; ascendancy, domination, preeminence, preponderance. countable, uncountable

    "Inside classrooms and lecture theatres, all signage is in English, as is the signage in the staff office blocks. There were only three exceptions to this complete predominance of English."

  2. 2
    the quality of being more noticeable than anything else wordnet
  3. 3
    the state of being predominant over others wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
predominationaccomplishmentadvantageascendanceascendancyauthority

Example

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"To Bohemia, which he inherited in 1253 from his father, Wenzel I., Ottokar had added by marriage and diplomacy Austria, Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola, and thus held a secure predominance in south-eastern Germany."

Etymology

From predominant + -ance. By surface analysis, pre- + dominance.

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