prevailing

Adj

1. Predominant; of greatest force.
2. Prevalent, common, widespread.

Verb

present participle and gerund of prevail

prevail

1. (intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
2. (intransitive) To triumph; to be victorious.
3. (intransitive) To be current, widespread, or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
4. (intransitive) To succeed in persuading or inducing.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To avail.

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹɪˈveɪ.lɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, prevail + -ing.

Synonyms

prevalent

predominant

dominant

common

general

rife

ruling

governing

public

widespread

fashionable

current

outstanding

overriding

popular

prepotent

prevail

superior

universal

up-to-date

usual

in vogue

having the upper hand

prepollent

broad

vogueing

controlling

customary

dominating

domineering

fad

frequent

generalized

generic

in public

main

major

Translations

prevalente

vorherrschend

predominante

prédominant

dominant

predominante

überwiegend

predominante

dominant

شائع

corrente

🏃

overheersend

predominant

سائد

courant

Sentences

The prevailing notion among midwifes is that vaginal childbirths should be preferred to cesareans .