What does predominance mean?
Word: Predominance
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Predominance means the state of being greater in number, amount or power than others.
Synonyms: dominance
How do you spell predominance?
Syllables: pre - dom - i - nance
Tricky part: The ending is ance, as in importance, not ence: predominence is the slip to avoid.
Watch out for: predominence, predominanse
Memory tip: A predominance means there is a lot of something, an abundance of it, and abundance ends in ance too.
Predominance in a sentence
Example 1: Because of the predominance of rain-fed farms, a weak monsoon hurts the whole district.
Example 2: The predominance of English words in the advert surprised my grandfather.
Example 3: Scientists noticed a predominance of one kind of bird on the island.
Fun Fact
Foresters often name a forest by the predominance of one tree, so a sal forest in central India is simply one where sal trees outnumber all the rest.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
pred_m_nance
a) o, e
b) a, i
c) u, i
d) o, i
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d) o, i. The vowels in the middle are a short o and then a short i.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
preddominance
a) r
b) n
c) o
d) d
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d) d. Only one d follows the pre.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word predominance as used in the sentence:
There is a predominance of girls in the school choir this year.
a) prevalence
b) preponderance
c) majority
d) minority
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d) minority. A minority is the smaller number, the opposite of a predominance; majority, preponderance and prevalence all mean the larger share.
Mingle-Mangle
The sentence hides a jumbled word. Choose the word:
The oeeiadmnnrcp of red in her painting gives it a warm, festive feel.
a) prominence
b) predominance
c) providence
d) performance
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b) predominance. Performance needs an f, prominence has no d, and providence needs a v; predominance fits.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A predominance of rocky ground on a farm would make the land ____.
a) easy to flood
b) quick to dry out
c) good for rice
d) hard to plough
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d) hard to plough
2. In a cricket team with a predominance of fast bowlers, ____.
a) most of the bowlers are fast
b) every player is a batter
c) only one bowler is fast
d) there are no bowlers at all
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a) most of the bowlers are fast
