preponderance

1. (countable, uncountable)Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a profusion.

   a superiority in numbers or amount

2. (countable, uncountable)Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.

   Präponderanz, Überlegenheit, Übergewichtigkeit

   переве́сperevés, преиму́ществоpreimúščestvo, превосхо́дствоprevosxódstvo

   перева́гаpereváha

   superiority in power or influence

3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Greater physical weight.

   exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight

4. Greater physical weight.

   (countable, historical, obsolete, specifically, uncountable)The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.

1. To decide means to succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set.

   CC BY · Tatoeba · carlosalberto · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

2. In legal terms, the "preponderance of evidence" is a lower standard of proof than "clear and convincing evidence".

   CC BY · Tatoeba · Auride · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

regular

• praeponderancealternative