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1. (adj.) prevalent
widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
2. prevalent
having the superiority or ascendancy; dominant.
3. prevalent
Archaic. potent or efficacious.
Etymology: (1570–80; < L praevalent- (s. of praevalēns), prp. of praevalēre to prevail)
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| Definition of 'prevalent' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife
most frequent or common
"prevailing winds"
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1. (adjective) prevalent
common or widespread
Color blindness is more prevalent among men.
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1. (adj) prevalent
gaining advantage or superiority; having superior force, influence, or efficacy; prevailing; predominant; successful; victorious
2. (adj) prevalent
most generally received or current; most widely adopted or practiced; also, generally or extensively existing; widespread; prevailing; as, a prevalent observance; prevalent disease
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Sense: common; widespread
Lung diseases used to be prevalent among miners.
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 Afrikaans: veelvoorkomend |
 Arabic: سائِد، شائِع |
 Bulgarian: преобладаващ |
 Brazilian: corrente |
 Czech: obvyklý, rozšířený |
 German: häufig |
 Danish: almindelig; udbredt |
 Greek: διαδεδομένος |
 Spanish: corriente, frecuente, com |
 Estonian: üldine |
 Farsi: شایع؛ رایج |
 Finnish: yleinen |
 French: fréquent |
 Hebrew: נָפוֹץ |
 Hindi: प्रचलन, प्रचलित |
 Croatian: koji prevladava, nejčešći |
 Hungarian: elterjedt |
 Indonesian: umum |
 Icelandic: algengur;útbreiddur |
 Italian: comune, diffuso |
 Japanese: はやっている |
 Korean: 널리 퍼져있는 |
 Lithuanian: paplitęs |
 Latvian: izplatīts |
 Malay: tersebar luas |
 Dutch: veel voorkomend |
 Norwegian: utbredt, rådende |
 Polish: rozpowszechniony |
 Persian: شایع؛ رایج |
 Pashto: شايع، رايج |
 Portuguese: corrente |
 Romanian: răspândit, frecvent |
 Russian: (широко) распространённый |
 Slovak: obvyklý, rozšírený |
 Slovenian: razširjen |
 Serbian: rasprostranjen |
 Swedish: utbredd, allmän |
 Thai: ที่พบได้บ่อย ๆ |
 Turkish: yaygın/hâkim olan |
 Taiwanese: 流行的 |
 Ukrainian: поширений; переважний |
 Urdu: عام، مروج |
 Vietnamese: phổ biến |
 Chinese: 流行的 |
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