prevalence (noun)

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• prevalence — prevalent ► ADJECTIVE ▪ widespread in a particular area at a particular time. DERIVATIVES prevalence noun. ORIGIN from Latin praevalere (see PREVAIL(Cf. ↑prevailing)) …   English terms dictionary

• prevalence — noun a) The quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide extension; as the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a disease; the prevalence of a rumor. b) The… …   Wiktionary

• prevalence — UK US /ˈprevələns/ noun [U] ► the fact of something existing or happening often : »They noted the prevalence of this attitude among leading financial experts …   Financial and business terms

• prevalence — noun the prevalence of smoking among teenagers Syn: commonness, currency, widespread presence, generality, popularity, pervasiveness, universality, extensiveness; rampancy, rifeness …   Thesaurus of popular words

• prevalence — noun 1. the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread (Freq. 1) he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future • Derivationally related forms: ↑prevail, ↑prevalent • Hypernyms: ↑generality …   Useful english dictionary

• prevalence — noun Date: 1713 1. the quality or state of being prevalent 2. the degree to which something is prevalent; especially the percentage of a population that is affected with a particular disease at a given time …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• prevalence — prev|a|lence [ prevələns ] noun singular or uncount * the fact that something is prevalent: the prevalence of lung cancer among the local population …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• prevalence */ — UK [ˈprevələns] / US noun [singular/uncountable] the fact that something is prevalent the prevalence of lung cancer among the local population …   English dictionary

• prevalence — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. predominance, pervasiveness, currency; see ubiquity . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being usual: cus tomariness, habitualness, normalcy, normality, ordinariness, regularity, routineness,… …   English dictionary for students

• prevalent — [ prɛv(ə)l(ə)nt] adjective widespread in a particular area at a particular time. ↘archaic predominant; powerful. Derivatives prevalence noun prevalently adverb Origin C16: from L. praevalent , from praevalere (see prevail) …   English new terms dictionary

• prevalent — adjective common at a particular time or in a particular place (+ in/among etc): Solvent abuse is especially prevalent among younger teenagers. | prevalent attitudes prevalence noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English