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Prevail meaning

  1. 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.
  2. To triumph; to be victorious.
  3. To be current, widespread, or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.

Synonyms of Prevail

predominate triumph continue endure run die hard persist be exist obtain hold reign rule dominate win

Related words

Other words often associated with Prevail or its synonyms:

control uphold get move preserve victory keep bear acquire overriding tower age

Using Prevail

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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. | To triumph; to be victorious. | To be current, widespread, or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
  • Useful related words include: predominate, triumph, continue, endure.
  • In the example corpus, prevail often appears in combinations such as: to prevail, will prevail, prevail in.

Context around Prevail

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 11 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

justice 1× sportsmanship 1× norms 1× realities 1×

Often after:

namely 1× either 1×

Sentence patterns with Prevail

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

able to prevail against communist 1× and justice prevail in our 1× began to prevail in early 1× deeper realities prevail namely that 1× governors to prevail on the 1× grease to prevail in october 1× needs to prevail 1× of sportsmanship prevail 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a group of 1× after some initial 1× although his time 1× and to commit 1× as a result 1× as the 2023 1×

Common sentence endings:

and of itself 1× anti addiction medications 1× going into 2024 1× here on monday 1× in early 2023 1× in our culture 1×

Words around Prevail

Just before it in the word index:

prev 3 preux 2 preuss 11 preusker 2 preus 3 preuninger 2

Just after it in the word index:

prevailed 432 prevailing 635 prevails 148 prevalence 529 prevalent 824 prevalently 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

composers 575 driveway 575 layoffs 575 outages 575 paso 575 penguins 575

Corpus analysis for Prevail

  • In this selection, "prevail" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, justice, sportsmanship, norms, namely and either stand out and add context to how "prevail" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include able to prevail against communist and and justice prevail in our. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "prevail" sits close to words such as composers, driveway and layoffs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with prevail

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

But will they also prevail with Oscar? (7 words)

Expect the grease to prevail in October. (7 words)

Both players have previously called for peace to prevail. (9 words)

Longer example sentences

Brilliant half-centuries by Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis went in vain as Chennai Super Kings chipped in with timely wickets to prevail over Royal Challengers by eight runs in Match 24 of IPL 2023 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Monday. (44 words)

Moderate winds blowing from the Southwest to South will prevail over Eastern Visayas, Palawan & Occidental Mindoro with moderate seas while light to moderate winds from the Southwest to West will prevail over rest of Visayas with light to moderate seas. (40 words)

A group of protesters under the aegis Concerned Oodua Defendants (COD), staged a protest in Ibadan on Thursday, calling on South-West governors to prevail on the leader of the pan-Yoruba organisation, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo to step aside. (39 words)

Question examples

Both eagles and chiefs appear in this week’s Torah portion, but which will prevail on Sunday? (17 words)

But will they also prevail with Oscar? (7 words)

Example sentences (20)

Observations: “As we go forward, being able to confront communist China and being able to prevail against communist China is going to be much more difficult than it was to prevail over the Soviet Union.

I thank God Almighty that truth has prevailed and those justices have shown that no matter how long truth will prevail and they have allowed the will of the people to prevail.

Moderate winds blowing from the Southwest to South will prevail over Eastern Visayas, Palawan & Occidental Mindoro with moderate seas while light to moderate winds from the Southwest to West will prevail over rest of Visayas with light to moderate seas.

After some initial mis-steps, the Russians began to prevail in early 2023.

A group of protesters under the aegis Concerned Oodua Defendants (COD), staged a protest in Ibadan on Thursday, calling on South-West governors to prevail on the leader of the pan-Yoruba organisation, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo to step aside.

Although his time on this side of Heaven is over, his impact and legacy will live on in everyone who longs to see righteousness and justice prevail in our culture.

And to commit to providing the weapons that Ukraine needs to prevail.

As a result, the 12-step method tends to prevail — but while Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous have helped millions of people, they have also been known to actively discourage the use of lifesaving anti-addiction medications.

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As the 2023 Rugby World Cup reaches its climax on Saturday, the 28th of October, we call upon the French public to let the spirit of sportsmanship prevail.

As we roll that outlook two months forward, nothing has fundamentally changed and we remain highly optimistic that tightness will prevail going into 2024.

Both eagles and chiefs appear in this week’s Torah portion, but which will prevail on Sunday?

Both players have previously called for peace to prevail.

Brilliant half-centuries by Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis went in vain as Chennai Super Kings chipped in with timely wickets to prevail over Royal Challengers by eight runs in Match 24 of IPL 2023 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Monday.

But in our country, rules are established that when a traditional festivity takes place, traditional norms prevail,” Peña explains.

But will they also prevail with Oscar?

Due to the LPA’s trough, cloudy skies and rain should be expected over Caraga Region, as well as Davao Oriental, while scattered rain showers will prevail over Eastern Visayas.

Even with tongue planted in cheek, deeper realities prevail, namely, that what we consider natural as a culture may not line up with nature in and of itself.

Expect the grease to prevail in October.

From Armenia and Azerbaijan to Syria and Yemen, Ukraine to South and Congo and the Korean peninsula, the pope appealed for humanitarian initiatives, dialogue and security to prevail over violence and death.

Gonzalez won’t win his case, Baker speculates, but Google won’t prevail either.

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Common combinations with prevail

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "prevail" in a sentence?
An example: "Observations: “As we go forward, being able to confront communist China and being able to prevail against communist China is going to be much more difficult than it was to prevail over the Soviet Union." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "prevail" from authentic English texts.
What does "prevail" mean?
Prevail means: 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.
What are synonyms of "prevail"?
Common synonyms of "prevail" include: predominate, triumph, continue, endure, run, die hard, persist, be. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "prevail" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "prevail", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.