predominance

See also: prédominance

English

WOTD – 3 October 2015

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈdɒmɪnəns/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

predominance (countable and uncountable, plural predominances)

1. The condition or state of being predominant; ascendancy, domination, preeminence, preponderance.
   • 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 5:

     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.

Translations

the condition or state of being dominant

• Bulgarian: доминация f (dominacija), превъзходство (bg) n (prevǎzhodstvo)
• Plautdietsch: Äwahaunt f