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prevail

verb

1 prevail

Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance.

synonyms: dominate, predominate, reign, rule.

Roget 33: be superior etc. adj.; exceed, excel, transcend; outdo, outbalance, outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod; pass, surpass, ... show more

Roget 78: be general etc. adj.; prevail, be going about, stalk abroad.    render general etc. adj.; generalize.   

Roget 175: have influence etc. n.; be influential etc. adj.; carry weight, weigh, tell; have a hold upon, magnetize, bear upon, gain a footing, work upon; ... show more

Roget 613: be wont etc. adj.. fall into a rut, fall into a custom etc. (conform to) 82; tread the beaten track, follow the beaten track, tread the beaten path, follow the beaten; stare super antiquas vias [Lat.]; move in a rut, ... show more

Dutch: beheersen, controleren, domineren, heersen, overheersen, prevaleren

2 prevail

Be valid, applicable, or true.

synonyms: hold, obtain.

Roget 1: exist, be; have being etc. n.; subsist, live, breathe, stand, obtain, be the case; occur etc. (event) ... show more

3 prevail

Continue to exist.

synonyms: die hard, endure, persist, run.

Dutch: volharden

4 prevail

Prove superior:
— The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight.

synonym: triumph.

Roget 731: succeed; be successful etc. adj.; gain one's end, gain one's ends; crown with success.    gain a point, attain a point, carry a point, secure a point, win a point, win an object; get there [U.S.]; ... show more

Dutch: triomferen, zegepralen, zegevieren

5 prevail

Use persuasion successfully.


Moby thesaurus: abide, affect, argue into, be, be blooded, be extant, be found, be in, be in existence, be in force, be met with, be present, be successful, be the case, be the rage, be the rule, be the thing, be there, be victorious, beat ... show more.

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