preponderance
See also: prépondérance
English
Alternative forms
- præponderance (rare, archaic)
Etymology
2=preh₂Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.
From Latin praeponderare (“outweigh”), from prae- (“before”) + ponderare (“to weigh”)
Pronunciation
Noun
preponderance (countable and uncountable, plural preponderances)
- Excess or superiority of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing.
- (Can we date this quote by Macaulay and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- In a few weeks he had changed the relative position of all the states in Europe, and had restored the equilibrium which the preponderance of one power had destroyed.
- 2000 April 17, Paul Van Slambrouck, “California''s brightest star is, well, gray”, in Christian Science Monitor:
- Subtle, institutional discrimination was evident in the preponderance of blacks and underprivileged whites fighting the war.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 168:
- But even less disgruntled observers have insisted that pain and un-pleasure are more common in dreams than pleasure: for instance, Scholz (1893, 57), Volkelt (1875, 80), and others. Indeed two ladies, Florence Hallam and Sarah Weed (1896, 499), have actually given statistical expression, based on a study of their own dreams, to the preponderance of unpleasure in dreaming.
- (Can we date this quote by Macaulay and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (obsolete) The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.
- The greater portion of the weight.
- 2006 January 24, Scott Baldauf, “India history spat hits US”, in Christian Science Monitor:
- the preponderance of evidence shows that Aryans came to India, with their horses, their chariots, and their religious beliefs, from outside.
- The majority.
- 1997 August 17, Patricia Holt, “Just Add Sand; Trash fiction for end-of-the summer beach reading”, in San Francisco Chronicle, page 1:
- Is there a preponderance of female protagonists in commercial fiction, and if so, what does it mean?
Derived terms
Related terms
Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language or family code in the first parameter; the value "preh₂" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages). Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language or family code in the first parameter; the value "(s)pend" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).
Translations
state of being preponderant
|
References
- “preponderance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “preponderance”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Categories:
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)pend-
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- Requests for date/Macaulay
- English terms with quotations
- English terms with obsolete senses