prevalence
The quality or condition of being prevalentThe quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.
» In Brazil the prevalence of Asperger's Syndrome may reach 0.5%.
У Бразилії поширеність синдрому Аспергера може досягати 0,5%.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.
weite Verbreitung, Vorherrschen, Verbreitetsein
преобладаниеpreobladanije
(countable, uncountable)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.
Prävalenz, Kennzahl für die Häufigkeit
распространённостьrasprostranjónnostʹ
поши́реністьpošýrenistʹ
(epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population
Examples
6 sentencesIn Brazil the prevalence of Asperger's Syndrome may reach 0.5%.
У Бразилії поширеність синдрому Аспергера може досягати 0,5%.
The prevalence of anger and resentment is hard to ignore.
The prevalence of sentences with the names "Tom" and "Mary" makes both a political statement and a religious one.
When the binary stars were discovered, the discovery was hailed as a proof of the universal prevalence of the law of gravitation.
It's very hard to understand concepts like prevalence, incidence, and case fatality ratio, but some articles explain these very well.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French prévalence.Borrowed from Middle French prévalence.
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Forms
plural: prevalences| Singular | prevalence |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- a superiority in numbers or amount:preponderance
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable