Preponderance Definition

prĭ-pŏndər-əns
noun
Superiority in weight, force, importance, or influence.
American Heritage
Superiority in importance, influence, or weight.
Webster's New World Law
The greater portion of the weight.
Wiktionary
The majority.
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Other Word Forms of Preponderance

Noun

Singular:
preponderance
Plural:
preponderances

Origin of Preponderance

  • From Latin praeponderare (“outweigh"), from prae- (“before") + ponderare (“to weigh")

    From Wiktionary

Preponderance Sentence Examples

  • There was a surprising preponderance of young people at the political conference.

  • No doubt, too, the preponderance of rainfall in the west has persisted for an enormous period.

  • And as there is no branch of art in which mechanical improvements, and the consequent change in the nature of technical difficulties, bear so directly upon the possibilities and methods of external effect, it follows that an exclusive preponderance of this view is not without serious disadvantage from the standpoint of general musical culture.

  • The Turks, therefore, now possessed a huge numerical preponderance in the theatre of war.

  • It might not be best to plan an outdoors event in the middle of the summer because of the preponderance of seeringly high temperatures.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRE

Words Ending With

ECENCE

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preponderance

Words Starting With P and Ending With E

Starts With P & Ends With EStarts With PR & Ends With EStarts With P & Ends With CE

Word Length

13 Letter Words13 Letter Words Starting With P13 Letter Words Ending With E