What does prevailing mean?
Definitions for prevailing
prɪˈveɪ lɪŋpre·vail·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife(adj)
most frequent or common
"prevailing winds"
Wiktionary
prevailing(Adjective)
Predominant; of greatest force.
The prevailing opinion was for additional planning time.
prevailing(Adjective)
Prevalent, common, widespread.
Webster Dictionary
Prevailing
of Prevail
Prevailing(adj)
having superior force or influence; efficacious; persuasive
Prevailing(adj)
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
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.
Due to the prevailing security situation and as no system is set in place for handling dead bodies, the LRCS conduct these activities as an auxiliary to the authorities, their role is limited to the collection and transfer of dead bodies to the competent authorities.
We are in currency wars, the prevailing view is that the easy way to stimulate economic growth is to have a low currency.
If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.
We began our discussions at a time when the prevailing view was that the 'Remain' campaign would succeed, an outcome we would have preferred and publicly supported.
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