predominance

CEFR: C1-C2 /pre-dom-i-nance/ [p.r.ih0.d.aa1.m.ah0.n.ah0.n.s]

Similar to the verbs, the noun “dominance” means power and influence over others. And “predominance” means the state or condition of being most common. Let's look an example:

Example Sentences:

The ongoing and increasing dominance of English in world culture and commerce will continue to provide many advantages to Britain in many areas.

Here we imply “There is a greater influence of English over other languages in world culture”. If we replace “dominance” with “predominance” like the following sentence:

Example Sentences:

The ongoing and increasing predominance of English in world culture and commerce will continue to provide many advantages to Britain in many areas.

We imply “There is a greater commonness of English over other languages in world culture." So we can change dominance to predominance in this sentence but it changes the meaning slightly from “English being influential” to “English being widespread”.

Let's look at another example using predominance

Example Sentences:

There is a predominance of older people in the neighborhood. (This means there is a greater number of older people in the neighborhood)

There is a dominance of older people in the neighborhood. (incorrect)

However, since the verb “dominate” can be used in the sense of “to be common”, you could use the verb ”dominate” here,

Example Sentences:

Older people dominate this neighborhood.

Alright! Here are more examples using “predominance”:

Example Sentences:

Despite the predominance of female teachers in school, administrative positions are held mostly by men. = Despite most of the teachers in school being women, administrative positions are held mostly by men.

The predominance of individualist feminism in English-speaking countries is a historical phenomenon.

There is an overwhelming predominance of female images in prehistoric art.

Okay! As we know that “”dominance” means the power and influence over others, so the phrase “gain dominance” is often used. For example:

Example Sentences:

Hollywood continues to gain dominance in the international film market.