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Synonyms for predominance

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pri-dom-uh-nuh ns
Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈdɒm ə nəns

Définition of predominance

Origin :
  • 1590s; see predominant + -ance.
  • noun reign
Example sentences :
  • The Clergy have only one idea; that is, of course, the predominance of their Church.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • They believe that their poverty, such as it is, is due to the predominance of England.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • The predominance of power was with the Catholics, and was, of course, hostile to Elizabeth.
  • Extract from : « Queen Elizabeth » by Jacob Abbott
  • These impulses have secured the survival and the predominance of man.
  • Extract from : « Gloria Crucis » by J. H. Beibitz
  • A survey of this period at once reveals the predominance of fiction.
  • Extract from : « Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning » by Robert Browning
  • The Catuvellauni recovered the predominance which they had lost.
  • Extract from : « A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) » by Samuel R. Gardiner.
  • One would think that the causes which make for its predominance were obvious.
  • Extract from : « The German War » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • We are not told how the predominance of the Mes is shown in the form of the melody.
  • Extract from : « The Modes of Ancient Greek Music » by David Binning Monro
  • Its leaves are so netted and veined with yellow as to give this hue the predominance.
  • Extract from : « Talks about Flowers. » by M. D. Wellcome
  • We should have said—and we do say, "predominance amongst the other powers."
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 68, No 420, October 1850 » by Various

Antonyms for predominance

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