Prevalent — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

most frequent or common

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹˈɛvələnt/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹˈɛvələnt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹˈɛvələnt/

3 syllables Say it as /pɹˈɛvələnt/.

Examples

prevailing winds

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

rife dominant predominant prevailing

Parts of Speech

adjective

most frequent or common

“prevailing winds”

Word Forms

prevalence	noun	the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
prevail	verb	continue to exist
predominance	noun	the quality of being more noticeable than anything else
predominate	verb	be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

vorherrschend

am häufigsten oder am häufigsten

🇫🇷French

répandu

le plus fréquent ou le plus courant

🇪🇸Spanish

frecuente

más frecuente o común

🇮🇹Italian

prevalente

più frequente o comune

🇳🇱Dutch

heersend

meest voorkomend of gebruikelijk

🇵🇹Portuguese

predominante

mais frequente ou comum

🇷🇺Russian

распространенный

наиболее частый или распространенный

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रचलित

सबसे अधिक बार होने वाला या सामान्य

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রচলিত

সবচেয়ে ঘন ঘন বা সাধারণ

🇮🇳Tamil

பரவலாக

மிகவும் அடிக்கடி அல்லது பொதுவானது

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రబలమైన

అత్యంత తరచుగా లేదా సాధారణమైనది

🇮🇳Marathi

प्रचलित

सर्वात वारंवार किंवा सामान्य

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્રચલિત

સૌથી વધુ વારંવાર અથવા સામાન્ય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ರಚಲಿತವಾಗಿದೆ

ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಆಗಾಗ್ಗೆ ಅಥವಾ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രബലമായ

ഏറ്റവും പതിവ് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സാധാരണ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪ੍ਰਚਲਿਤ

ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਅਕਸਰ ਜਾਂ ਆਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

مروجہ

اکثر یا عام

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

流行

最常见或最常见的

🇯🇵Japanese

蔓延している

最も頻繁または一般的な

🇰🇷Korean

만연한

가장 빈번하거나 흔한

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thịnh hành

thường xuyên nhất hoặc phổ biến

🇹🇭Thai

แพร่หลาย

บ่อยที่สุดหรือบ่อยที่สุด

🇮🇩Indonesian

lazim

paling sering atau umum

🇵🇭Filipino

laganap

pinakamadalas o karaniwan

🇲🇾Malay

berleluasa

paling kerap atau biasa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

سائدة

الأكثر شيوعا أو شيوعا

🇮🇷Persian

رایج است

رایج ترین یا رایج ترین

🇹🇷Turkish

yaygın

en sık veya yaygın

🇮🇱Hebrew

נָפוֹץ

השכיחות או השכיחה ביותר

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The primary meaning of 'prevalent' is 'most frequent or common'.

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