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prevalence
English
Etymology
From Middle French prévalence
Noun
prevalence (countable and uncountable, plural prevalences)
- The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.
- (epidemiology) The total number of cases of a disease in a given statistical population at a given time, divided by the number of individuals in that population.
Related terms
- prevail
- prevalent
Translations
See also
- incidence
Further reading
- prevalence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- prevalence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?pr?val?nt?s?]
Noun
prevalence f
- (epidemiology) prevalence
- Synonym: výskyt
Related terms
- See vale
Further reading
- prevalence in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- prevalence in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
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prevail
English
Etymology
From Middle English prevailen, from Old French prevaler, from Latin praevale? (“be very able or more able, be superior, prevail”), from prae (“before”) + vale? (“be able or powerful”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???ve?l/
- Rhymes: -e?l
- Hyphenation: pre?vail
Verb
prevail (third-person singular simple present prevails, present participle prevailing, simple past and past participle prevailed)
- (intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
- Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag.
- , Exodus 17:11
- And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
- (intransitive) To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
- In his day and age, such practices prevailed all over Europe.
- (intransitive) To succeed in persuading or inducing.
- I prevailed on him to wait.
- (transitive, obsolete) To avail.
Derived terms
- cooler heads will prevail
Related terms
- prevalence
- prevalent
Translations
References
- prevail in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- prevail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- pervial
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