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# prevail

«prevail» in Mova's school dictionary: **To win or be stronger in the end after a struggle** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (prevail, prevails, prevailed, prevailing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To win or be stronger in the end after a struggle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevail/#m1)

2) To be common or usual in a place or time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevail/#m2)

3) prevail on/upon (formal) To persuade someone to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevail/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories good often «prevails over» evil. In geography, the «prevailing wind» is the wind that blows most often in a place. In formal speech: «Common sense prevailed.» Phrases: «justice prevailed», «prevailing wind», «prevail upon someone».

### examples

- In the end, good prevailed over evil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevail/#x1)
- The prevailing wind in Ireland blows from the west. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevail/#x2)
- Calm prevailed after the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevail/#x3)
- Our team prevailed after extra time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevail/#x4)
- She prevailed on her dad to let her keep the kitten. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevail/#x5)
- Fairness must prevail in every game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevail/#x6)
- Sunny weather prevailed for the whole holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevail/#x7)
- "You cannot prevail against me," said Death. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevail/#x8)

### note

Regular: prevailed, prevailing. «Prevailing» as an adjective means the most common: «prevailing opinion». Noun «prevalence», adjective «prevalent». Formal; everyday words are «win» or «be common».

### In the corpora

- [And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.189/)
- [And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.190/)
- [Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.191/)
- [And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.195/)
- [Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.758/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prevail» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevail/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.