prevailing
- adjective
- /prɪˈveɪlɪŋ/
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predominante
- That color is the prevailing choice among designers this season.
Yet the prevailing narrative is that cash is queue.
- Yet the prevailing narrative is that cash is queue.
- And that's the prevailing norms that run most of Western society.
- It means that feminist art is grounded in a challenge to the prevailing value structure of our world.
- Hypocrisy is the prevailing climate of the narcissistic relationship.
- They put this list together, and the word is meant to reflect the prevailing mood and focus of the prior year.
- I mean, part of the concept that is I think prevailing in this on campus is this idea of trauma.
- The starry messenger was these messages themselves from the sky that are conflicting with prevailing belief systems about humans and about Earth.
- We have this prevailing cultural, I believe, false notion that all men are sexual predators.
- We can say maybe why they haven't failed or that some of the prevailing theories are not necessarily the reason for the failure.
- That, I think, is a statement of the prevailing theory of the origin of morality in human beings.
- What prevailing libertarian metaphor or imagery most turns off the ideal audience?
- That's, you know, that there's this prevailing notion that you that you can take the wealth of the richest people in the world.
- Doctors, scientists who tried to explore alternatives to the prevailing ortho, to the, you know, to the received orthodoxy.
Examples
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CLEARLY, THE PREVAILING MEDIA AND GOVERNMENT MESSAGE IS THAT MEAT AND ANIMAL PROTEIN ARE INHERENTLY UNHEALTHY, AND WE SHOULD BE EATING LESS.
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Reporter: ANXIETY IS NOW THE PREVAILING MOOD HERE AT 1 TIMES SQUARE.
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I mean, part of the concept that is I think prevailing in this on campus is this idea of trauma.
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That, I think, is a statement of the prevailing theory of the origin of morality in human beings.
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I think the prevailing image behind realism is that explanation comes from outside in.
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We had to accept the prevailing wages, and it often kept us poor, but it didn't leave us poor in spirit.
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It means that feminist art is grounded in a challenge to the prevailing value structure of our world.
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She has been unafraid to challenge prevailing orthodoxy.
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The prevailing wind direction in this area helps determine the local climate.
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Many people believe that the prevailing opinion about climate change needs to be addressed.
Synonyms
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3.6
Happening in many places or among many people
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7.1
Spreads through a place or group and affects many people
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3.8
Common in many places or among many people at a certain time
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4.1
More common than others in a group or place
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5.6
Very common, especially when it is bad or harmful
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4.8
More common or important than others in a group
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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7.2
A person or group who wins a court case and may get legal costs from the other side
- Specialized
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6.1
A wind that usually blows from the west in regions with mild weather
How Common
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Prevailing comes from Latin parts prae- 'before' and valere 'to be strong', so to 'prevail' is to be stronger or to win. That's why prevailing describes what is most common or widespread, and you can see the same root in value, which once meant 'strength' or 'worth'.