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- How common is the adjective preponderant? About 0.5 occurrences per million words in modern written English
Factsheet. What does the noun preponderance mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun preponderance. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the noun preponderance? About 2 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.
preponderant. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pre‧pon‧de‧rant /prɪˈpɒndərənt $ -ˈpɑːn-/ adjective formal main, most important, or most frequent —preponderantly adverb the preponderantly female staff at the factory Examples from the Corpus preponderant • There is a preponderant objection: popularity is worthless ...
Fewer than 0.01 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency. How is the adjective preponderate pronounced? British English. /prᵻˈpɒndərət/ pruh-PON-duh-ruht. U.S. English. /prəˈpɑnd (ə)rət/ pruh-PAHN-duh-ruht. See pronunciation. Where does the adjective preponderate come from? Earliest known use. late 1700s.
Definition of preponderant adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Word origin. L praeponderans, prp. preponderant in American English. (prɪˈpɑndərənt) adjective. superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing. a preponderant misconception. SYNONYMS overpowering, overruling, major, dominant. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
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Adjective. preponderant (comparative more preponderant, superlative most preponderant) Having greater or the greatest weight, quantity, importance or force. Synonyms: dominant, overriding, predominant
