| prevalent |
| 1. adj. Widespread or preferred. | |
| 2. adj. Superior in frequency or dominant. | |
| prevailing |
| 1. adj. Predominant; of greatest force. | |
| The prevailing opinion was for additional planning time. | |
| 2. adj. Prevalent, common, widespread. | |
| 3. v. present participle of prevail | |
| prevail |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others. | |
| Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence. | |
| In his day and age, such practices prevailed all over Europe. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To succeed in persuading or inducing. | |
| I prevailed on him to wait. | |
| 4. v. (transitive, obsolete) To avail. | |
| predominant |
| 1. adj. common or widespread; prevalent | |
| 2. adj. significant or important; dominant | |
| 3. n. (music) A subdominant. | |
