English-Thai Dictionary

prevalent

ADJ ที่ พบ ได้ บ่อยๆ  แพร่หลาย  widespread frequently ti-pob-dai-boi-boi

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREVALENT

a.Gaining advantage or superiority; victorious. Brennus told the Roman embassadors, that prevalent arms were as good as any title.
1. Powerful; efficacious; successful; as prevalent supplications.
2. Predominant; most generally received or current; as a prevalent opinion.
3. Predominant; most general; extensively existing; as a prevalent disease.

 

PREVALENTLY

adv. With predominance or superiority; powerfully. The evening star so falls into the main
To rise at morn more prevalently bright.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PREVALENT

Prev "a *lent, a. Etym: [L. praevalens, -entis, p. pr. of praevalere.See Prevail. ]

 

1. Gaining advantage or superiority; having superior force, influence, or efficacy; prevailing; predominant; successful; victorious. Brennus told the Roman embassadors, that prevalent arms were as good as any title. Sir W. Raleigh.

 

2. Most generally received or current; most widely adopted or practiced; also, generally or extensively existing; widespread; prevailing; as, a prevalent observance; prevalent disease. This was the most received and prevalent opinion. Woodward.

 

Syn. -- Prevailing; predominant; successful; efficacious; powerful. -- Prevalent, Prevailing. What customarily prevails is prevalent; as, a prevalent fashion. What actually prevails is prevailing; as, the prevailing winds are west. Hence, prevailing is the livelier and more pointed word, since it represents a thing in action. It is sometimes the stronger word, since a thing may prevail sufficiently to be called prevalent, and yet require greater strength to make it actually prevailing.

 

PREVALENTLY

PREVALENTLY Prev "a *lent "ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a prevalent manner. Prior.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prevalent

prev a lent |ˈprevələnt ˈprɛv (ə )lənt | ▶adjective widespread in a particular area at a particular time: the social ills prevalent in society today. • archaic predominant; powerful. DERIVATIVES prev a lent ly adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin praevalent- ‘having greater power, ’ from the verb praevalere (see prevail ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

prevalent

prevalent |ˈprɛv (ə )l (ə )nt | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] widespread in a particular area or at a particular time: the social ills prevalent in society today. • archaic predominant; powerful. DERIVATIVES prevalently adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin praevalent- ‘having greater power ’, from the verb praevalere (see prevail ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prevalent

prevalent adjective the trend, predictably enough, is prevalent on the Internet itself: widespread, prevailing, frequent, usual, common, current, popular, general, universal; endemic, rampant, rife. ANTONYMS rare. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD prevalent, prevailing, abundant, plentiful, rife, copious, common Wildflowers might be prevalent in the mountains during the spring months, but a particular type of wildflower might be the prevailing one. Prevalent, in other words, implies widespread occurrence or acceptance in a particular place or time (a prevalent belief during the nineteenth century ), while prevailing suggests that something exists in such quantity that it surpasses or leads all others in acceptance, usage, or belief (the prevailing theory about the evolution of man ). Wildflowers might also be abundant in the valleys —a word that, unlike prevalent and prevailing, is largely restricted to observations about a place and may suggest oversupply (an abundant harvest; indications of decay were abundant ). Plentiful, on the other hand, refers to a large or full supply without the connotations of oversupply (a country where jobs were plentiful ). If wildflowers are rife, it means that they are not only prevalent but spreading rapidly (speculation was rife among the soldiers ); if they're copious, it means they are being produced in such quantity that they constitute a rich or flowing abundance (weep copious tears ). What often happens, with wildflowers as well as with other beautiful things, is that they become so abundant they are regarded as common, a word meaning usual or ordinary (the common cold ). Like prevalent, common can apply to a time as well as a place (an expression common during the Depression ). But neither abundant nor common connotes dominance as clearly as prevalent does. These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prevalent

prevalent adjective the work attitudes still prevalent in the UK: widespread, prevailing, frequent, usual, common, general, universal, pervasive, extensive, ubiquitous, ordinary; endemic, rampant, rife; recognized, established, accepted; current, popular, fashionable, in fashion, in style, in vogue. ANTONYMS uncommon, rare.

 

Spanish Dictionary

prevalente

prevalente adjetivo Que prevalece o sobresale :un patrón prevalente del comportamiento humano .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prevalent

prev a lent /prév (ə )lənt /→prevail 形容詞 more ～; most ～｟かたく ｠1 〖通例be ～〗 «… (の間 )に » 広く行き渡っている , 流行している ; 蔓延 （まんえん ）している (common ) «in , among » .2 ｟古 ｠優勢な , 支配的な .～ly 副詞