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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pri-pon-der-uhns
Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈpɒn dər əns

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Définition of preponderance

Origin :
  • 1680s, "greater weight," from Latin praeponderans, present participle of praeponderare "make heavier" (see preponderate). Sense of "greater importance" is from 1780; that of "greater number" is from 1845.
  • noun great numbers; supremacy
Example sentences :
  • Preponderance of individuality was ever a bar to foreign travel.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • The preponderance of efficiency of equipment lay with the Germans.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • What are the instruments for securing the preponderance of Altruism?
  • Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) » by John Morley
  • They were terrified, moreover, by the preponderance in number of their foes.
  • Extract from : « The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa » by Paul Barron Watson
  • Nothing is allowed any preponderance over the story and the speeches in it.
  • Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker
  • The preponderance of causes cannot be precisely ascertained.
  • Extract from : « Albert Gallatin » by John Austin Stevens
  • The preponderance of voting power had been given to a people just out of slavery.
  • Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam
  • He had thus assured the unity of France and her preponderance in Europe.
  • Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 » by Various
  • In the first two the preponderance of the work was being performed by machines.
  • Extract from : « The Servant Problem » by Robert F. Young
  • There was a preponderance of women, as is apt to be the case in such resorts.
  • Extract from : « Their Pilgrimage » by Charles Dudley Warner

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