predominationn.

Brit.

/prᵻˌdɒmᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S.

/prəˌdɑməˈneɪʃ(ə)n/,

/priˌdɑməˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: predominate v., -ion suffix¹; French predomination.

Etymology: Either < predominate v. + -ion suffix¹, or directly < Middle French predomination (1574; French prédomination ) < predominer predomine v. + -ation -ation suffix. Compare Spanish predominación (1438). Compare earlier predominy n., and also predominance n., predominancy n., predominion n.

The action, fact, or state of predominating; predominance; (occasionally) an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [noun]

predominy?a1475

weight1569

predomination1592

predominance1595

predominancy1598

ascendant1607

predominion1607

prepotency1623

overweight1626

overbearance1639

preponderation1650

prepollency1663

preponderancy1689

the transcendent1691

overpoise1697

preponderance1704

prepollence1730

the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > influence > superior

predominance1592

predomination1592

predominancy1598

1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. Q2, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) So great a predomination hath this name of fidelitie in the hearts of a number.

1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. i. 15 Haue thy Starres maligne beene such, That their predominations sway so much Ouer the rest?

1639 J. Woodall Treat. Plague in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 332 The colour uncertaine, according to the predomination of the humour infected.

1654 ‘Palaemon’ Friendship 3 Mercury..follows the predomination of those other Planets with whom he is in Conjunction.

?1705 Vintner's Myst. Display'd 34 When Wines are in preternatural Commotions, from an Excess and Predomination of their sulphurous Parts.

1793 W. Waller Vindic. Char. & Conduct W. Waller 67 There was no such mutinous humour then in predomination among the generality of them.

1885 N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 418 The predomination of the Cossacks over the but newly emancipated cities of the Danube.

1927 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 13 Oct. 16/3 Many of the specimens..show a predomination of metal.

1961 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 124 105 In engineering the inch and the pound predominate in the international scene, with the predomination of U.S. and U.K. engineering.

1992 J. Rule Albion's People (BNC) Changes in hiring forms..tending towards the predomination of the wage form in both agriculture and manufacturing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	predomination
释义	predominationn. Brit. /prᵻˌdɒmᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /prəˌdɑməˈneɪʃ(ə)n/, /priˌdɑməˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: predominate v., -ion suffix¹; French predomination. Etymology: Either < predominate v. + -ion suffix¹, or directly < Middle French predomination (1574; French prédomination ) < predominer predomine v. + -ation -ation suffix. Compare Spanish predominación (1438). Compare earlier predominy n., and also predominance n., predominancy n., predominion n. The action, fact, or state of predominating; predominance; (occasionally) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [noun] predominy?a1475 weight1569 predomination1592 predominance1595 predominancy1598 ascendant1607 predominion1607 prepotency1623 overweight1626 overbearance1639 preponderation1650 prepollency1663 preponderancy1689 the transcendent1691 overpoise1697 preponderance1704 prepollence1730 the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > influence > superior predominance1592 predomination1592 predominancy1598 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. Q2, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) So great a predomination hath this name of fidelitie in the hearts of a number. 1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. i. 15 Haue thy Starres maligne beene such, That their predominations sway so much Ouer the rest? 1639 J. Woodall Treat. Plague in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 332 The colour uncertaine, according to the predomination of the humour infected. 1654 ‘Palaemon’ Friendship 3 Mercury..follows the predomination of those other Planets with whom he is in Conjunction. ?1705 Vintner's Myst. Display'd 34 When Wines are in preternatural Commotions, from an Excess and Predomination of their sulphurous Parts. 1793 W. Waller Vindic. Char. & Conduct W. Waller 67 There was no such mutinous humour then in predomination among the generality of them. 1885 N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 418 The predomination of the Cossacks over the but newly emancipated cities of the Danube. 1927 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 13 Oct. 16/3 Many of the specimens..show a predomination of metal. 1961 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 124 105 In engineering the inch and the pound predominate in the international scene, with the predomination of U.S. and U.K. engineering. 1992 J. Rule Albion's People (BNC) Changes in hiring forms..tending towards the predomination of the wage form in both agriculture and manufacturing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1592
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