preponderance
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
superiority in power or influence
the preponderance of good over evil
Types & categories
- power hypernym
Related & opposite
- overbalance derivation
- predominate derivation
Sense 2 noun
a superiority in numbers or amount
a preponderance of evidence against the defendant
Types & categories
- number hypernym
Related & opposite
- prevail derivation
- overbalance derivation
Sense 3 noun
exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight
the least preponderance in either pan will unbalance the scale
Types & categories
- heaviness hypernym
Related & opposite
- overbalance derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | overbalance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | predominate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | power |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prevail |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | overbalance |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | number |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | overbalance |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | heaviness |