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Meaning of "preponderance" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PREPONDERANCE

preponderance  [prɪˈpɒndərəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREPONDERANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Preponderance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PREPONDERANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Superior

Superior may refer to: ▪ Superior: something which is higher in a hierarchical structure of any kind...

Definition of preponderance in the English dictionary

The definition of preponderance in the dictionary is the quality of being greater in weight, force, influence, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREPONDERANCE


adherence
ədˈhɪərəns
appearance
əˈpɪərəns
assurance
əˈʃʊərəns
circumference
səˈkʌmfərəns
clearance
ˈklɪərəns
conference
ˈkɒnfərəns
considerance
kənˈsɪdərəns
difference
ˈdɪfərəns
disappearance
ˌdɪsəˈpɪərəns
endurance
ɪnˈdjʊərəns
equiponderance
ˌiːkwɪˈpɒndərəns
hinderance
ˈhɪndərəns
ignorance
ˈɪɡnərəns
insurance
ɪnˈʃʊərəns
interference
ˌɪntəˈfɪərəns
ponderance
ˈpɒndərəns
preference
ˈprɛfərəns
reference
ˈrɛfərəns
sunderance
ˈsʌndərəns
tolerance
ˈtɒlərəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREPONDERANCE

prepollence
prepollency
prepollent
prepollex
preponderancy
preponderant
preponderantly
preponderate
preponderately
preponderating
preponderation
prepone
preportion
prepose
preposition
prepositional
prepositional phrase
prepositionally
prepositive
prepositively

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREPONDERANCE

advance
car insurance
customs clearance
deliverance
entrance
Fort-de-France
fragrance
France
health insurance
industrial insurance
intolerance
liability insurance
life insurance
perseverance
put in an appearance
remembrance
severance
Torrance
trance
travel insurance
zero tolerance

Synonyms and antonyms of preponderance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PREPONDERANCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «preponderance» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of preponderance

Translation of «preponderance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREPONDERANCE

Find out the translation of preponderance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of preponderance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «preponderance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

优势
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

preponderancia
570 millions of speakers

English

preponderance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रमुखता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رجحان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

преобладание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

preponderância
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অধিকতর ভারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prépondérance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lebihan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Überwiegen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

優勢
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우세
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tình trạng nặng hơn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அளவேற்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्राधान्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

baskınlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

preponderanza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przewaga
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

переважання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

preponderență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπεροχή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorwig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

preponderance
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overvekt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of preponderance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREPONDERANCE»

The term «preponderance» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.325 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PREPONDERANCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «preponderance» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «preponderance» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about preponderance

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8 QUOTES WITH «PREPONDERANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word preponderance.
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Don Cheadle
I imagine it was much different in the 1970s. That was the Renaissance for black actors, albeit in blaxploitation movies. There was a much greater preponderance of work then than there is now.
2
Harvey V. Fineberg
We've gone from a preponderance of acute and infectious disease as a source of premature death to chronic diseases, which are the preponderance of the burden of illness in most of the world. That puts a much higher premium on the prevention of chronic disease than ever in history.
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Beth Gutcheon
I love smart commercial fiction. Susan Isaacs, for example and the readers who interest me are, in the preponderance, women. I am one of them; I like the books they like.
4
Marilyn Hacker
Given the devaluation of literature and of the study of foreign languages per se in the United States, as well as the preponderance of theory over text in graduate literature studies, creative writing programs keep literature courses populated.
5
Michael Medved
Conservatives, despite their increasingly powerful presence on cable TV and talk radio, feel excluded and disregarded by the longstanding preponderance of liberal voices on public television.
6
Federica Montseny
And we will accept the creation of the Iberian Federation of a socialist republic which will give each region the right to construct its life in accordance with its economic possibilities and political preponderance.
7
Michael Moss
Health messages are simply overwhelmed, in volume and in effectiveness, by junk-food ads that often deploy celebrities or cartoon characters to great effect. We may know that eating fruits and vegetables is good for us, but the preponderance of the signals we get - and especially the signals children get - push us in the direction of junk food.
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Chris Ware
I have a preponderance to look smug in photos; something to do with the way my mouth turns up at the corners.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREPONDERANCE»

Discover the use of preponderance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to preponderance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman ...
This is the most comprehensive history to date of the Truman Administration's progressive embroilment in the cold war, and it presents a stunning new interpretation of U.S. national security policy during the formative stages of the Soviet ...
Melvyn P. Leffler, 1992
2
The Cholesterol Wars: The Skeptics vs the Preponderance of ...
This book chronicles the controversy that swirled around the 'lipid hypothesis' of atherosclerosis for so many years. In fact, 'the lower the better' is the position of many clinicians.
Daniel Steinberg, 2011
3
America's Strategic Choices
Christopher Layne's "From Preponderance to Offshore Balancing: America's Future" argues that the United States has yet to make the strategic changes required by the end of the Cold War. U.S. grand strategy continues to seek American ...
Brown
4
Military Operations and Maritime Preponderance, Their ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
C. E. Callwell, 2011
5
Criminal Evidence
Where a question of competency to stand trial arises, as a general rule the burden of proof is on the defendant to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she is not competent.94 In determining a defendant's competence, a court ...
Jefferson L. Ingram, 2011
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David Ball on Damages: The Essential Update : a Plaintiff's ...
That is likely to be less than if they used preponderance. The second vacuum this technique fills is that many attorneys wait until closing to mention preponderance at all. Closing is too late. The vast majority of jurors do not know the real ...
David A. Ball, 2005
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Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln
In a civil case in Coles County, the jury had much trouble understanding the phrase "preponderance of evidence." Finally, Lincoln tried his hand at explaining: Gentlemen of the jury, did you ever see a pair of steel yards or a pair of store scales ...
Compiled and Edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher and Virginia Fehrenbacher
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Addressing Rape Reform in Law and Practice
Preponderance of Evidence Given my attempt to draw on extant legal principles in order to garner political and public support and minimize resistance, I would recommend adopting the preponderance of evidence standard for the burden of  ...
Susan Caringella, 2009
9
Perceiving in Depth, Volume 2: Stereoscopic Vision
Directional preponderance of OKN occurs in cats following removal of the visual cortex (Wood et al., 1973). It also occurs in humans with bilateral occipital infarction (Mehdorn 1982). Complete removal of the visual cortex in the monkey leads ...
Ian P. Howard, Brian J. Rogers, 2012
10
Transitions to Better Lives: Offender Readiness and ...
Internal consistency Adequate Preponderance of evidence indicates or values of .70—.79. Good Preponderance of evidence indicates or values of .80—.89. Excellent Preponderance of evidence indicates or values of 2 .90. Inter-rater ...
Sharon Casey, Tony Ward, Kevin Howells, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREPONDERANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term preponderance is used in the context of the following news items.
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In Africa's 'cradle,' an old fossil site yields new finds
"There is a preponderance of them here, and what we think is this is perhaps a specialization site, where they were working hides. And that is ... «WHBL Sheboygan, Jul 15»
2
Qualcomm: high water mark for activists?
The preponderance of tech and healthcare companies in their portfolios explains more of the outperformance than does the value specifically ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
3
Catholic organization's approach to female reproductive health a …
Hilgers saw the preponderance of artificial birth control as a band-aid solution to such health problems as severe menstrual pain and abnormal ... «Catholic Online, Jul 15»
4
The NFL Continues to Fail Junior Seau
That's what the NFL spent decades telling its players and the public about the preponderance of neurocognitive disorders in former players: just ... «VICE, Jul 15»
5
10 conclusions from the 2015 Tour de France
Next year's Tour will surely not match this year's in its preponderance of mountains and dearth of time trial kilometres, and once the ... «Cyclingnews.com, Jul 15»
6
Inside Slant: NFL policy changes undermine Tom Brady suspension
The league would argue that its standard of proof -- "a preponderance of evidence" -- is low enough to justify Brady's discipline. At the same ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
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Washington County, Florida Health Index Scores Next To Last In …
The bigger question would be, 'With a preponderance of insured people surrounded by a huge number of health care providers, clean air and ... «WTVY, Dothan, Jul 15»
8
Michigan's forfeiture laws must change to protect the innocent
The state government can forfeit property by demonstrating only "a preponderance of the evidence" — a more than 50 percent likelihood that ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
9
Welcome to the Boneshakers
A less obvious clue was the preponderance of “99 Percent” patches, which are worn to signify that the riders are part of the vast majority of ... «Suffolk News-Herald, Jul 15»
10
High court sets test for medical marijuana prosecution
Defendants must show by a preponderance of evidence that they are entitled to immunity from prosecution for every charge, Zahra wrote. «The Detroit News, Jul 15»

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