Definition of Prevalent

1. Adjective. Most frequent or common. "Prevailing winds"

Exact synonyms: Dominant, Predominant, Prevailing, Rife
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

prevailer
prevailers
prevaileth
prevailing
prevailing parties
prevailing party
prevailing westerly
prevailing wind
prevailingly
prevailment
prevails
prevalant
prevalence
prevalences
prevalency
prevalent (current term)
prevalently
prevalents
prevalidate
prevalidated
prevalidates
prevalidating
prevalidation
prevalidations
prevalue
prevalued
prevalues
prevaluing
prevaricate
prevaricated

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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