prevalent
widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
having the superiority or ascendancy.
Archaic. effectual or efficacious.
Origin of prevalent
1Other words for prevalent
Opposites for prevalent
Other words from prevalent
- prev·a·lence, prev·a·lent·ness, noun
- prev·a·lent·ly, adverb
- non·prev·a·lent, adjective
- non·prev·a·lent·ly, adverb
- un·prev·a·lent, adjective
- un·prev·a·lent·ly, adverb
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How to use prevalent in a sentence
It was also a way to get real facts, a brief respite from the “alternative facts” so prevalent over the past few years.
Remembering Alex Trebek, The Man With All The Answers | Oliver Roeder | November 9, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightNorthern mammals could have become more prevalent because, for some reason, they were better at spreading into South America than southern mammals were at moving north.
Why South America’s ancient mammals may have lost out to northern counterparts | Jake Buehler | November 4, 2020 | Science NewsSuch predictions could be especially prevalent if the election is a tight one.
14 Twitter and Instagram accounts you should follow for election news | Jeff | November 4, 2020 | FortuneNow, an ever-prevalent coronavirus has upended the travel market.
Some club travel was normal for older youth in years past, but the trips are more prevalent and younger teams are also going now.
Sports Could Be the Latest Inequity Front for Kids as More Teams Travel to Arizona | Ashly McGlone | October 21, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
But are the lands of hireling States prevalently tilled by their yeomen owners?
A Defence of Virginia | Robert L. DabneyThey exist throughout all Russia, but in some parts more prevalently than in others.
Up To Date Business | VariousThe nose is prevalently long and of medium breadth, its proportions being practically identical with those of the modern English.
Applied Eugenics | Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill JohnsonThus several species of the prevalently arctic and antarctic family Enchytraeidae are shore living.
Earthworms and their Allies | Frank E. BeddardThey fought much and prevalently; galloped desperately to and fro, ever on the alert.
The Crown of Wild Olive | John Ruskin
British Dictionary definitions for prevalent
/ (ˈprɛvələnt) /
widespread or current
superior in force or power; predominant
Origin of prevalent
1Derived forms of prevalent
- prevalence or prevalentness, noun
- prevalently, adverb
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