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noun
The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
the state of being predominant over others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: predominance, predomination
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English potency English prepotency From pre- + potency.
Across languages
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