Bad cold is prevailing throughout the country.
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Prevailing
/pɹɪˈveɪ.lɪŋ/
Synonyms for "prevailing" (219 found)
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Closest matches (44)
Strong matches (66)
diffusedoingdominantdominatingeffectiveeffectualeffuseepidemiceventuatingeverydayexhaustlessextravagantexuberantfamiliarfatfertilefirmfirstflushflushed with success
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Verb(1 words)
Noun(2 words)
mainstreammost common
Determiner(2 words)
most oral historiansmost repeating-pattern
Related words (109)
normativenumerousoccasionaloccurringonon footon the throneongoingopulentordinaryorthodoxovercomingoverflowingoverridingoverrulingpandemicparamountpassingplenitudinousplenteous
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plentifulplentypopularpotentpowerfulpredominantpredominatingpreeminentprepollentpreponderantprepotentprescriptiveprevalentprimalprimaryprimeprincipalprodigalproductiveprofuseprofusiverampantrankingregnantregularregulationreigningrepleteresultantrichriferiotousroutinerulingrunningrunning oversovereignstandardstaplestarstellarstereotypedstocksuccessfulsuperabundantsupereminentswayingtaking placeteemingtellingtopflighttriumphaltriumphantunder wayuniversalusualvanquishingvernacularvictoriouswealthywell-foundwell-furnishedwell-plannedwell-providedwell-stockedwholesalewidespreadwinningwonted
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(15 words)
Verb(2 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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More general
13 entriesconditioncourt termcurrent statedominancegeneral attributeinfluencelegal termpersuasionprevalencepropertysucceedsuccessvictory
More specific
19 entriescoaxconquerconvincedominant trendexisting policyinducejudgmentmajor patternpervasivenesspredominancepresent regulationrulingsuccessful litiganttriumphverdictvictorious party
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Collocations
11 entriesprevail overprevail uponprevailing conditionsprevailing moodprevailing normprevailing opinionprevailing partyprevailing theoryprevailing viewprevailing wageprevailing wind
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
6 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
18 total sentences available.
It might be discreet of you to bend a little to the prevailing wind.
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On either side of the Equator the prevailing winds blow in opposite directions. Shifting of the boundary north and south creates the monsoon.
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As far as I understand despite my limited knowledge, here in Venezuela we must adapt to the prevailing mentality and social order. Therefore, an individual must live among opportunism, poverty, manipulation and superficiality. It might be a very characteristic Latino idiosyncrasy to behave as in the book "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" by Gabriel García Márquez when it comes to dealing with delicate situations. Everybody knows what's happening, but nobody raises his voice and even if somebody did, nobody would support him. Only enlightenment through education could end the ignorance that is a scourge on our people, from which many other problems arise. However, it's unlikely to expect a government to propose to spread values that threaten its own interests, because it's better for them to keep society ignorant in order to manipulate it with ease.
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