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prevalent Definition

preva·lent (prev′ə lənt)

adjective

  1. Rare stronger, more effective, etc.; dominant
    1. widely existing
    2. generally practiced, occurring, or accepted

Etymology: L praevalens, prp. of praevalere: see prevail

prevalent Related Forms
prev′a·lence (-ləns) noun prev′a·lently adverb
prevalent Synonyms

prevalent

modif.

widespread, accepted, frequently met; see common 1, prevailing. See syn. study at prevailing.

prevalent Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • increasingly: The demise of a readily available commercial system led to an increasingly prevalent view that the scale was dead.
  • particularly: They have been particularly prevalent in the expatriate market.
  • especially: Infant deaths were especially prevalent among the very poor.
  • so: She missed the street music so prevalent in Cuba and also the dancing.
  • equally: But all indications are that the effects of the nervous trauma of battle vis à vis shell shock was equally prevalent in all ranks.
  • still: This attitude was still prevalent in the last Gulf war.

Modifies a noun

  • ideology: However in Ireland this was not to be the case: conservatism was the prevalent ideology of the Cumann na nGaedheal government.
  • notion: Despite their gripping stage presence, they seem utterly at odds with the prevalent notion of how a rock band should be.
  • strain: These included the isolates of a prevalent Brazilian strain, plus two ATCC reference strains.
  • attitude: The U.S. Justice Department is reinforcing a prevalent government attitude that private citizens use the internet primarily for criminal purposes.
  • disease: Abstract Dental caries is still one of the most prevalent diseases of children in the United Kingdom.
  • today: This might not be unconnected with the lack of mastery prevalent today.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: Some put the increase down to the current " blame culture " which is becoming ever more prevalent.
  • seem: The concentration on bebop did seem disproportionately prevalent in all forms of education, however.
  • remain: Hepatitis B on the other hand remains prevalent among drug addicts.

Preposition: in

  • society: But I find that what I call the cultural factor, the cultural bias factor, is prevalent in every single society.
  • population: It is less common than POAG in the UK but is more prevalent in some Asiatic populations and in Inuits.
  • circle: The anti-intellectualism that is prevalent in fundamentalist circles does not help to form sound doctrine, it actually undermines it.
  • today: The show's producers have simply tapped into a value already prevalent in today 's society.
  • country: The virus is prevalent in many countries in Asia.