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# predominance

«predominance» in Mova's school dictionary: **The state of being more in number or more common than…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (predominance, uncountable; a predominance of)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The state of being more in number or more common than others: «a predominance of girls in the choir». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predominance/#m1)

2) The state of having the most power or influence: «the predominance of one team in the league». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predominance/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and geography «predominance» describes which group is biggest in a set of data; in history it describes which country or group had the most power. It is a formal word. Phrases: «a predominance of», «the predominance of», «in predominance».

### examples

- The class survey showed a predominance of dog owners over cat owners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predominance/#x1)
- There is a predominance of pine trees in this forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predominance/#x2)
- The predominance of rain in the west makes it very green. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predominance/#x3)
- Rome's predominance in the Mediterranean lasted for centuries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predominance/#x4)
- The garden has a predominance of red and yellow flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predominance/#x5)
- In the pie chart, the predominance of blue shows that most children chose swimming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predominance/#x6)

### note

Uncountable, but used with «a»: «a predominance of». Adjective: predominant; adverb: predominantly. Formal; simpler words are «most», «the majority». In data, predominance means the biggest share, not always more than half.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «predominance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predominance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.