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prevalent

adj
/ˈpɹɛvələnt/CA/ˈpɹevələnt/

Etymology

From Latin praevalēns. By surface analysis, pre- + -valent.

  1. borrowed from praevalēns

Definitions

  1. Widespread or preferred.

  2. Superior in frequency or dominant.

  3. A species that is prevalent in a certain area.

    • The species I found to be most prevalent on the Spring Green study site were compared with lists of prevalents in compositionally related communities of Wisconsin developed by Curtis (1959).

The neighborhood

Derived

immunoprevalent, nonprevalent, omniprevalent, prevalency, seroprevalent, unprevalent

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA