predominance
See also: prédominance
English
WOTD – 3 October 2015
Etymology
From predominant + -ance.[1] By surface analysis, pre- + dominance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɹəˈdɒmɪnəns/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
predominance (countable and uncountable, plural predominances)
- 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, , 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
References
- ^ “predominance, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.