Meaning

2 senses

  1. Predominant; of greatest force.

    The prevailing opinion was for additional planning time.

    herrschend

  2. Prevalent, common, widespread.

    most frequent or common

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
predominant:

Origin

By surface analysis, prevail + -ing.

By surface analysis, prevail + -ing.

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Forms

more prevailing, most prevailing
Comparativemore prevailing Lesson
Superlativemost prevailing Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
prevalent, common, widespread:pervasiveC2
ubiquitous
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
Derivedprevailinglyprevailingnessprevailing partyprevailing windunprevailing

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
prettyA1pretzelprevailB2prevalenceprevalentpreventA2
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