Word of the Day:
dominance
What It Means
The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
Dominance in Context
“Thus approximately 98% of signs contained English, and 93.5% of signs were wholly in English. As far as linguistic landscapes go, this is a case of extreme monolingual dominance in a multilingual setting.”
Did You Know?
From dominant + -ance.
Source and license
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