predominance

See also: prédominance

English

WOTD – 3 October 2015

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɹəˈdɒmɪnəns/
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Noun

predominance (countable and uncountable, plural predominances)

  1. 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, →DOI, 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.

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