preponderatingadj.

Brit.

/prᵻˈpɒndəreɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/prəˈpɑndəˌreɪdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: preponderate v.², -ing suffix².

Etymology: < preponderate v.² + -ing suffix². Compare earlier preponderant adj.

That preponderates, predominant; greater in weight, influence, power, amount, number, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > greater in quantity, amount, or degree > superior in amount or quantity

predominate1591

predominant1601

preponderating1611

domineering1621

overbalancing1623

preponderous1670

1611 T. Coryate Crambe sig. C4^v This preponderating burden.

1674 R. Boyle Excellency Theol. ii. i. 115 Her excellencies, though solid and weighty, are less so, than the preponderating ones of Theology.

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xl. 274 With all his preponderating faults, I like him better than I ever thought I should like him.

1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1815) VIII. 325 That very preponderating part of the nation, which had always been..adverse to the French principles.

1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. vi. 53 If the preponderating weight be one sixteenth of the whole weight of the boxes, it will fall one foot in a second, instead of 16.

1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 211 Your mastery over a preponderating number of alienated races.

1937 Discovery May 153/1 Probably the high speed steel of which the preponderating tonnage is made, is of the so called 18-4-1 type.

1978 Bookseller 17 June 3185/3 The results of several of the preponderating large British publishing houses.

1994 W. R. Newman Gehennical Fire i. 32 The Preponderating influence of the latter is such, however, that one may justly speak of Mitchell and Wigglesworth as ‘Richardsonians’.

Derivatives

preˈponderatingly adv. to a high degree, for the most part; predominantly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > in or to a greater quantity, amount, or degree > in superior quantity, amount, or degree

aloftc1330

predominately1594

predominantly1606

prevailingly1714

preponderately1789

preponderantly1823

preponderatingly1841

predominatingly1852

1841 J. S. Mill Democr. in Amer. in Edinb. Rev. 72 71 In each of them some one element..existed exclusively, or so preponderatingly as to overpower all the others.

1891 Times 6 Oct. 8/2 [Comparative Philology] had been all along preponderatingly the science of comparing the Aryan languages with one another.

1988 Population & Devel. Rev. 14 707 The less the development of labour,..the more preponderatingly does the social order appear to be dominated by ties of sex.

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

单词	preponderating
释义	preponderatingadj. Brit. /prᵻˈpɒndəreɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /prəˈpɑndəˌreɪdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: preponderate v.², -ing suffix². Etymology: < preponderate v.² + -ing suffix². Compare earlier preponderant adj. That preponderates, predominant; greater in weight, influence, power, amount, number, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > greater in quantity, amount, or degree > superior in amount or quantity predominate1591 predominant1601 preponderating1611 domineering1621 overbalancing1623 preponderous1670 1611 T. Coryate Crambe sig. C4^v This preponderating burden. 1674 R. Boyle Excellency Theol. ii. i. 115 Her excellencies, though solid and weighty, are less so, than the preponderating ones of Theology. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xl. 274 With all his preponderating faults, I like him better than I ever thought I should like him. 1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1815) VIII. 325 That very preponderating part of the nation, which had always been..adverse to the French principles. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. vi. 53 If the preponderating weight be one sixteenth of the whole weight of the boxes, it will fall one foot in a second, instead of 16. 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 211 Your mastery over a preponderating number of alienated races. 1937 Discovery May 153/1 Probably the high speed steel of which the preponderating tonnage is made, is of the so called 18-4-1 type. 1978 Bookseller 17 June 3185/3 The results of several of the preponderating large British publishing houses. 1994 W. R. Newman Gehennical Fire i. 32 The Preponderating influence of the latter is such, however, that one may justly speak of Mitchell and Wigglesworth as ‘Richardsonians’. Derivatives preˈponderatingly adv. to a high degree, for the most part; predominantly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > in or to a greater quantity, amount, or degree > in superior quantity, amount, or degree aloftc1330 predominately1594 predominantly1606 prevailingly1714 preponderately1789 preponderantly1823 preponderatingly1841 predominatingly1852 1841 J. S. Mill Democr. in Amer. in Edinb. Rev. 72 71 In each of them some one element..existed exclusively, or so preponderatingly as to overpower all the others. 1891 Times 6 Oct. 8/2 [Comparative Philology] had been all along preponderatingly the science of comparing the Aryan languages with one another. 1988 Population & Devel. Rev. 14 707 The less the development of labour,..the more preponderatingly does the social order appear to be dominated by ties of sex. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1611
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