VCR Lesson 5 Presentation
Carlie Smith
Fill in the blank with the most apporpriate word from lesson 5
Preponderant
Other definitions:
1. having superior weight, force, or influence.
2. having greater prevelance.
Forms
2. v. Proponderate- VCR
3. n. Preponderancy
4. t.v Preponder
Roots
- Pendo, pendere, pependi, pensum <L. "to cause to hang down," "to weigh"
- Pondero, ponderare, ponderavi, ponderatum <L. "to weigh"
- Pre<L. "before"
HIstory: Stems from 1650-1660 from the Latin orgins it was originally a stem of the word "praepnderans"
Synonyms
2. Overpowering
3. Superior
4. Overidding
5. Supreme
Antonyms
2. Uninfluential
3. Irrelevant
4. Weak
5. Unimportant
Real World Examples
1. Google in the market of search engines is an example of being preponderant because it owns sixty percent of the market share. With this power they are able to control the price of the market for the rest of the smaller firms that they compete with it.
2. Rice in Chinese culture is an example of being preponderant. Rice is one of the largest staples in chinese cuisine because of southern China's subtropical climate which allows for rice plantations to thrive. Since rice is able to be grown efficiently it's proven to the used in the greatest number over other carbohydrates such as wheat.
3. In America, Christianity is the preponderate religion. With 70.6% of Americans polling that they identified as "Christians" they clearly outnumber the other percentage of Americans that are Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, etc. Many historians attribute Christianity's size all the way back to the protestant reformation, when many immigrated to America from the Catholic church in the 16th century.
Symbol of Christianity
Chinese Rice Fields
Google's Market Share
Circle the letter of the sentence in which the word in bold-face type is used incorrectly
1. Democracy behaves as a preponderance because of its overwhelming size and influence in other countries.
2. Within China, rice is the preponderant staple food.
3. America has a preponderant army over other countries because of its large budget to aid in supplies and weaponry.
4. The boys are the preponderance gender in class.