preponderance

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

preponderance

/pɹɪˈpɒndəɹəns/ UK
/pɹɪˈpɒndɹəns/ UK
/pɹəˈpɑndəɹəns/ US
/pɹəˈpɑndɹəns/ US

noun preponderances · praeponderance · præponderance

countable, uncountable Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a profusion. [S]trong proofs are at hand to shew, that in the Irish people there is a large admixture, if not an overwhelming praeponderance, of Iberian elements.
Similar: weight
countable, uncountable Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence. In a few weeks he [William III of England] had changed the relative position of all the states in Europe, and had restored the equilibrium which the preponderance of one power had destroyed.
Similar: preponderancy, preponderation, prevalence
countable, obsolete, uncountable Greater physical weight.
Similar: preponderancy
countable, historical, obsolete, specifically, uncountable The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.
Similar: preponderancy

Translations

Every language

noun superiority of influence, power, etc. — see also predominance

Español	preponderancia
한국어	우세 use, 우위 uwi, 우월 uwol
日本語	優越 yūetsu, 優位 yūi, 優勢 yūsei
中文	優勢 /优势 yōushì, 優越 /优越 yōuyuè
Português	preponderância
Français	prépondérance
Deutsch	Präponderanz, Überlegenheit, Übergewichtigkeit, Übergewicht
Italiano	preponderanza, predominanza
Ελληνικά	κυριαρχία kyriarchía, υπεροχή yperochí
Română	preponderență, precumpănire
Русский	переве́с perevés, преиму́щество preimúščestvo, превосхо́дство prevosxódstvo

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"preponderance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/preponderance. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

preponderance. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/preponderance

Chicago

"preponderance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/preponderance.

BibTeX

@misc{preponderance_2026,
  title = {preponderance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/preponderance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}