prevalent
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prev·a·lent
(prĕv'ə-lənt) 
adj.
Widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted, or practiced. See synonyms at prevailing.
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.Roget's Thesaurus:
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prevalent
adjective
- Most generally existing or encountered at a given time: current, predominant, prevailing, regnant, rife, widespread. See specific/general.
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prevalent
adj
Definition: accepted, widespread
Antonyms: isolated, limited, rare, uncommon
adj
Definition: governing, superior
Antonyms: inferior, subservient
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prevalent
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)
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Prevalent
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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