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Übergewichtigkeit — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • preponderance noun A greater amount or number of something; the larger part of a group.
  • sway verb To move slowly and rhythmically from side to side.

Senses

Übergewichtigkeit is used for these senses in English:

  • preponderance Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.
  • sway Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.

preponderance — full definition

  1. noun A greater amount or number of something; the larger part of a group.
  2. noun A greater degree of power, influence or importance than anything else involved.
  3. noun The state of weighing more than something else.
  4. noun The extra weight at the back of a cannon, behind its pivot points, compared with the front.

sway — full definition

  1. verb To move slowly and rhythmically from side to side.
  2. verb To influence someone's opinion or decision.
  3. noun Power or influence over someone or something.
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