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prevail (verb)

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  • prevail — ► VERB 1) prove more powerful; be victorious. 2) (prevail on/upon) persuade to do something. 3) be widespread or current. DERIVATIVES prevailing adjective. ORIGIN Latin praevalere have greater power …   English terms dictionary

  • prevail — pre‧vail [prɪˈveɪl] verb [intransitive] formal 1. if someone or their arguments, views etc prevail, they finally win an argument after a long period of time: • The company is hoping to prevail in a court challenge to the water board ruling.… …   Financial and business terms

  • prevail — pre·vail /pri vāl/ vi 1: to obtain substantially the relief or action sought in a lawsuit 2: to be frequent or predominant the prevail ing rate Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • prevail — verb ADVERB ▪ always, usually ▪ Her happy outlook always prevailed. ▪ eventually, finally, in the end, ultimately VERB + PREVAIL …   Collocations dictionary

  • prevail — verb (I) formal (not in progressive) 1 if a belief, custom etc prevails, it exists among a group of people (+ in/among etc): Belief in magic still prevails in some rural parts of the country. 2 if someone or their ideas prevail, they win an… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • prevail — verb 1) common sense will prevail Syn: win, win out/through, triumph, be victorious, carry the day, come out on top, succeed, prove superior, conquer, overcome; rule, reign 2) the conditions that prevailed in the 1950s Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • prevail upon — verb To convince; to persuade. Perhaps I can prevail upon him to change his mind …   Wiktionary

  • prevail upon — I verb affect, be influential, beseech, bring over, bring to reason, carry weight with, coax, convince, encourage, enlist, entice, entreat, exercise influence over, exercise influence upon, exercise influence with, exhort, exorare, have influence …   Law dictionary

  • prevail on — prevail (up)on (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way: argue into, bring, bring around (or round), convince, get, induce, persuade, sell (on), talk into. See PERSUASION …   English dictionary for students

  • prevail — verb 1》 prove more powerful or superior.     ↘be widespread or current. 2》 (prevail on/upon) persuade to do something. Derivatives prevailing adjective prevailingly adverb Origin ME: from L. praevalere, from prae before + valere have power …   English new terms dictionary

  • prevail — verb 1) common sense will prevail Syn: win (out/through), triumph, be victorious, carry the day, come out on top, succeed, rule, reign 2) the conditions that prevailed in the 1950s Syn: exist, be present …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

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