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Definition of Prevailing
1. Adjective. Most frequent or common. "Prevailing winds"
Similar to: Frequent
Derivative terms: Predominance, Predominate, Prevail, Prevalence
Definition of Prevailing
1. a. Having superior force or influence; efficacious; persuasive.
Definition of Prevailing
1. Adjective. Predominant; of greatest force. ¹
2. Adjective. Prevalent, common, widespread. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of prevail) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prevailing
1. prevail [v] - See also: prevail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prevailing
Literary usage of Prevailing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report (1899)
"prevailing Rate of Wages on Public Work. On November 2.~ith Justice Roesch, in
the Fourth District Municipal Court. New York City, rendered an oral derision ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"In this way, it is argued, the coloring of wild animals has eventually come to
reflect the colors prevailing in their native environments. ..."
3. The Lancet (1842)
"... from which alone a due estimate can be formed by the head n the medical
department in this country of tin prevailing diseases, and of the success of the ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"In this way, it is argued, the coloring of wild animals has eventually come to
reflect the colors prevailing in their native environments. ..."
5. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1896)
"20 Penicillium glaucum 33 ... 15. RODNEY H. TRUE. On the prevailing ... would be
the prevailing one in the moist tropical climate of Java. ..."
6. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"«pressed the practice prevailing from the be- The decisions of this court ...
And, as said in the same report, in referring to the rule prevailing from the ..."
7. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"The Meteorology, Sanitary Condition, prevailing Diseases, and Mortuary Statistics
of Memphis, Tennessee, in 1852. By GEORGE K. GRANT, MD1 FOR the past two ..."
8. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"A 'full fare' must have meant the then prevailing fare. ... Whether, as they say,
the uniform prevailing fare at the time of the adoption of the ordinance ..."
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