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adjective
- 1. widespread in a particular area or at a particular time: "the social ills prevalent in society today"
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adjective. uk / ˈprev. ə l.ənt / us / ˈprev. ə l.ənt / Add to word list. existing very commonly or happening often: These diseases are more prevalent among young children. Trees are dying in areas where acid rain is most prevalent. Synonyms. predominant. rife formal. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. happening or seen often.
The meaning of PREVALENT is generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread. How to use prevalent in a sentence.
Definition of prevalent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. us / ˈprev. ə l.ənt / uk / ˈprev. ə l.ənt / Add to word list. existing very commonly or happening often: These diseases are more prevalent among young children. Trees are dying in areas where acid rain is most prevalent. Synonyms. predominant. rife formal. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. happening or seen often.
A condition, practice, or belief that is prevalent is common. This condition is more prevalent in women than in men. The prevalent view is that interest rates will fall. Synonyms: common, accepted, established, popular More Synonyms of prevalent. prevalence uncountable noun.
PREVALENT definition: 1. existing a lot in a particular group, area, or at a particular time: 2. the large amount of…. Learn more.
When something is common, it's prevalent. You could say drug use is prevalent among criminals. You could say good study habits are prevalent among good students. If a certain opinion is common, then that's a prevalent view in society. Definitions of prevalent.
prevalent meaning, definition, what is prevalent: common at a particular time, in a partic...: Learn more.
Prevalent definition: Widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted, or practiced.
1. widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance. 2. having the superiority or ascendancy; dominant. 3. Archaic. potent or efficacious. [1570–80; < Latin praevalent- (s. of praevalēns ), present participle of praevalēre to prevail] prev′a•lence, n. prev′a•lent•ly, adv.
