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/pɹɪdˈɒmɪnəns/
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[ US /pɹɪˈdɑmənəns/ ]
[ US /pɹɪˈdɑmənəns/ ]
NOUN
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the quality of being more noticeable than anything else
the predomination of blues gave the painting a quiet tone - the state of being predominant over others
How To Use predominance In A Sentence
- Like many of their Bantu ancestors, they appear to have given emphasis to the predominance of one's mother's matriclan. Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE
- There is a predominance of people with an arts degree on the board of governors.
- The predominance of multimedia art in Korea is due largely to the environment in which it is being created.
- There is an overwhelming predominance of female images in prehistoric art.
- Spain's Philip II believed that control of the gold of Peru and silver of Mexico would guarantee his nation's predominance in Europe.
- A predominance of dysmorphic red blood cells in the urine should prompt an evaluation for renal parenchymal disease or referral to a nephrologist.
- The study area is characterized by the predominance of dry pastures and cereal crops.
- The predominance of wives among petitioners is due to their greater financial dependence.
- The state-owned business enterprise is still the predominance of the national economy, its system conversion and structure adjustment relate to the graveness .
- Despite the predominance of suboscines in the Neotropics, our knowledge of bird song and its functions is biased heavily toward studies of oscines.