Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Generally current; widespread.
- adjective Blowing usually or most frequently from a given direction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Predominant; having superior influence or efficiency; controlling; moving.
- Prevalent; current; general; common.
- Synonyms Predominant, Ruling, etc. (see
prevalent ), dominant, preponderating. - Received, established, ordinary, usual.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having superior force or influence; efficacious; persuasive.
- adjective Predominant; prevalent; most general
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Predominant ; of greatestforce . - adjective
Prevalent ,common ,widespread . - verb Present participle of
prevail .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective most frequent or common
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My friend Gary Rosenblatt, the publisher and editor of New York's Jewish Week, is right when he decries what he calls the prevailing "attack politics mentality."
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Last week, a Canadian journalist wrote an op-ed piece on what she referred to as the prevailing "culture of porn" in Western society.
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Having fully apprehended the dangers inherent in prevailing models of privacy, one may then begin to articulate an alternative vision of privacy.
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What would a front-loader do to give life an edge in prevailing conditions present and future?
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Last week, a Canadian journalist wrote an op-ed piece on what she referred to as the prevailing “culture of porn” in Western society.
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Gautier could cast himself as a seeker of truth unencumbered by alliances with established scientists, a doubter who discovered faults in prevailing theories but was prevented from receiving the acclaim he deserved. reference The presentation in Chroa-génésie is so convoluted that it is unintelligible without a good knowledge of the physics and mathematics that render its deficiencies obvious.
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A major shift in prevailing ideas inevitably has implications for action, many of them unanticipated.
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