Predominance is the state of being the strongest or the most common. The predominance of English, economic predominance, a clear predominance.
It covers both numbers and power, so one thing can predominate by being everywhere or by being strongest. It takes of after it and is a plain descriptive word.
1nounpredominanceThe state of being the strongest or most common.
“The predominance of small firms makes the industry hard to survey.”
predominance is a state.
Predominant plus -ance, from Latin prae, before, plus dominari, to rule.
Medieval Latin
praedominans
Middle French
prédominant
English
predominant
English, today
predominance
From predominant + ance. by surface analysis, pre- + dominance. predominant comes from Middle French prédominant, ultimately from Medieval Latin praedominans. by surface analysis, en + pre- + dominant.
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