prevailing
Meaning of prevailing
adjective
- existing at a particular time; current.
the unfavourable prevailing economic conditions
- prove more powerful or superior.
it is hard for logic to prevail over emotion
- persuade (someone) to do something.
she was prevailed upon to give an account of her work
late Middle English: from Latin praevalere ‘have greater power’, from prae ‘before’ + valere ‘have power’.
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Hyphenation of prevailing
pre-vail-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- prevailing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
prevailing synonyms
Meaning predominant:
Meaning prevalent:
Meaning be successful or victorious in (a contest or conflict):
Meaning achieve a victory; be successful:
Meaning achieve the desired aim or result:
Meaning overcome and take control of (a place or people) by military force:
Meaning succeed in dealing with (a problem or difficulty):
Meaning be a dominant or powerful factor:
Meaning (of a quality or condition) be the dominant feature of a situation or place:
Meaning induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument:
Meaning succeed in persuading or leading (someone) to do something:
Meaning gently and persistently persuade (someone) to do something:
Meaning cause (someone) to believe firmly in the truth of something:
Meaning form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create:
Meaning come to have (something); receive:
Meaning move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to side:
Meaning try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something:
Meaning persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats:
Meaning have an influence on:
Meaning (of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling):
Meaning persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery:
Meaning attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage:
Meaning entice or try to entice (someone) to do something that they find attractive but know to be wrong or unwise:
Meaning tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward:
Meaning persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery:
Meaning obtain (something), especially with care or effort:
Translation of prevailing
- Italian: prevalente, corrente, predominante, aggiornato
- German: vorherrschend
- Spanish: prevaleciente, usual, corriente, predominante, actual, actualizado
- French: prédominant, dominant
- Portuguese: predominante
Words that rhyme with prevailing
Ling, Coaling, Ealing, annealing, antiwhaling, appealing, autodialing, avaling, backpedaling, baling, bealing, berascaling, canaling, capitaling, charcoaling, coaling, concealing, congealing, countersealing, craaling, credentialing, crystaling, dealing, descaling, dialing, downscaling, embaling, empaling, ensealing, equaling, exhaling, fealing, foaling, forepaling, gealing, gimbaling, goaling, haling, healing, impaling, inhaling, initialing, instealing, interdealing, intervaling, journaling, keelhaling, kraaling, lateraling, localing
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