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Definitions for prevailing
prɪˈveɪ lɪŋpre·vail·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rifeadjective
most frequent or common
"prevailing winds"
Wiktionary
prevailingadjective
Predominant; of greatest force.
The prevailing opinion was for additional planning time.
prevailingadjective
Prevalent, common, widespread.
Webster Dictionary
Prevailing
of Prevail
Prevailingadjective
having superior force or influence; efficacious; persuasive
Prevailingadjective
predominant; prevalent; most general; as, the prevailing disease of a climate; a prevailing opinion
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of prevailing in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of prevailing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of prevailing in a Sentence
The prevailing situation where a great war for national reunification is at hand requires all the KPA (Korean People's Army) units to become (elite) Guard Units fully prepared for war politically and ideologically, in military technique and materially.
Mountains and favorable prevailing winds combine to create some of northern Scandinavia's most cloud-free skies.
They wanted to make some last-minute changes to the debate. We obviously wanted to keep the format to what had been agreed to and I think people on our staff argued vigorously to that and were successful, we ended up prevailing.
I think fear is prevailing. It is fomented by what people hear about crime, and they ask questions like 'how do we manage these people? What will they do? How long will they stay?'.
The evaluation concluded that for Shell, the development of the project does not fit with the company's strategy, particularly in the economic climate prevailing in the energy industry.
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