adj
Meaning 1
Predominant; of greatest force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The prevailing opinion was for additional planning time.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
prevailing
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /pɹɪˈveɪ.lɪŋ/
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rhymes with -eɪlɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: P R IH0 V EY1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: P R IY0 V EY1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Prevalent, common, widespread.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of prevail
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
most frequent or common
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- prevailing winds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, prevail + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: преобладаващ (preobladavašt) — predominant
- Finnish: vallitseva — predominant
- German: herrschend — predominant
- Greek: επικρατών (epikratón) — predominant
- Italian: prevalente — predominant
- Italian: predominante — predominant
- Norwegian Bokmål: fremherskende — predominant
- Spanish: prevaleciente — predominant
Real reading context