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predominances

predominances is the plural of predominance.

Meaning of predominance

Noun

predominance (countable and uncountable, plural predominances)

  1. The condition or state of being predominant; ascendancy, domination, preeminence, preponderance.
    • 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.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

Questions about predominances

What is predominances the plural of?
Predominances is the plural of predominance.

Words near predominances in the dictionary

  1. predocumentary
  2. predomestic
  3. predomesticated
  4. predomestication
  5. predominance
  6. predominances
  7. predominancies
  8. predominancy
  9. predominant
  10. predominantly
  11. predominants

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