prevalent

adj.
Widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted, or practiced. See synonyms at prevailing.

[Middle English, very strong, from Latin praevalēns, praevalent-, present participle of praevalēre, to be stronger. See prevail.]

prevalently prev'a·lent·ly adv.

adjective

Most generally existing or encountered at a given time: current, predominant, prevailing, regnant, rife, widespread. See specific/general.

adj

Definition: accepted, widespread
Antonyms: isolated, limited, rare, uncommon

adj

Definition: governing, superior
Antonyms: inferior, subservient

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Widespread occurrence.

IN BRIEF: Common over a wide area or time.

The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it. — Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

Common misspelling(s) of prevalent

• prevelant

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fremherskende

Nederlands (Dutch)
heersend, meest voorkomend, gebruikelijk

Français (French)
adj. - répandu, qui prévaut, en vigueur

Deutsch (German)
adj. - vorherrschend, weit verbreitet, herrschend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επικρατών, (ευρύτατα) διαδεδομένος

Italiano (Italian)
comune, generale, prevalente, predominante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - prevalente, predominante

Русский (Russian)
распространенный, общепринятый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - predominante, que impera

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - rådande, gängse, allmän

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
普遍的, 流行的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 普遍的, 流行的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - (널리) 보급된, 유행하고 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 一般に行なわれる, 優勢な, 広く行きわたった

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سائد, شائع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רווח, נפוץ, שכיח, שורר‬

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