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prevalent

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prev·a·lent  (prv-lnt)
adj.
Widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted, or practiced. See Synonyms at prevailing.

[Middle English, very strong, from Latin praevalns, praevalent-, present participle of praevalre, to be stronger; see prevail.]

preva·lent·ly adv.

prevalent [ˈprɛvələnt]
adj
1. widespread or current
2. superior in force or power; predominant
[C16 (in the sense: powerful): from Latin praevalens very strong, from praevalēre: see prevail]
prevalence , prevalentness n
prevalently  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.prevalent - most frequent or common; "prevailing winds"
frequent - coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints"

prevalent
Translations
prevalent [ˈprevələnt] ADJ
1. (= dominant) → dominante
2. (= widespread) → extendido
3. (= fashionable) → de moda; (= present-day) → actual
prevalent [ˈprɛvələnt] adj [illness, condition] → prévalent(e); [view, attitude, mentality, habit] → répandu(e); [fashion] → en vogue
the liberal atmosphere prevalent in the late 1960s
BUT l'atmosphère libérale qui prévalait dans les années soixante.l'atmosphère libérale qui était très répandue dans les années soixante
prevalent
adj (= widespread)vorherrschend, weitverbreitet, weit verbreitet; opinion, attitudegeläufig, weitverbreitet, weit verbreitet; custom, diseaseweitverbreitet, weit verbreitet; conditions, situationherrschend; fashions, stylebeliebt; that is very prevalent these daysdas ist heutzutage häufig anzutreffen
prevalent [ˈprɛvələnt] adj (belief, disease, fashion) → diffuso/a, comune, predominante
the conditions which are prevalent in ... → le condizioni esistenti in...
prevalent [ˈprɛvələnt] adj (belief, disease, fashion) → diffuso/a, comune, predominante
the conditions which are prevalent in ... → le condizioni esistenti in...


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A similar superstition was once prevalent, as I have heard, in ancient Greece and Rome; not applying, however (as in India), to a diamond devoted to the service of a god, but to a semi-transparent stone of the inferior order of gems, supposed to be affected by the lunar influences--the moon, in this latter case also, giving the name by which the stone is still known to collectors in our own time.
Straight lines are too prevalent - too uninterruptedly continued - or clumsily interrupted at right angles.
Of course I reformed my prose style, which had been carefully modelled upon that of Goldsmith and Irving, and began to write in the manner of Macaulay, in short, quick sentences, and with the prevalent use of brief Anglo-Saxon words, which he prescribed, but did not practise.
 
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