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Definition of Prevalent
1. Adjective. Most frequent or common. "Prevailing winds"
Similar to: Frequent
Derivative terms: Predominance, Predominate, Prevail, Prevalence
Definition of Prevalent
1. a. Gaining advantage or superiority; having superior force, influence, or efficacy; prevailing; predominant; successful; victorious.
Definition of Prevalent
1. Adjective. Widespread or preferred. ¹
2. Adjective. Superior or dominant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prevalent
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prevalent
Literary usage of Prevalent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"These conditions are the most prevalent, except when a battery is charged ...
It is a prevalent and quite natural idea that because the ordinary storage ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... activity of the Poles and contributed very largely to the creation of a national
Polish literature in place of the hitherto prevalent Latin literature. ..."
3. Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution: With an by Lorenzo Sabine (1864)
"Resignations upon Discreditable Pretexts, and alarmingly prevalent. The Public
Mind fickle, and Disastrous Changes in Congress. ..."
4. Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution: With an by Lorenzo Sabine (1864)
"Resignations upon Discreditable Pretexts, and alarmingly prevalent. The Public
Mind fickle, and Disastrous Changes in Congress. The Whigs of England. ..."
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