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# prevalent

«prevalent» in Mova's school dictionary: **Common or widespread in a place or at a time: «Colds are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more prevalent, most prevalent)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Common or widespread in a place or at a time: «Colds are prevalent in winter.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevalent/#m1)

2) (formal) Most common, strongest among others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevalent/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons it describes how common an illness, animal or habit is; in geography, which plants or winds are common in a region. Phrases: «prevalent in», «prevalent among», «widely prevalent».

### examples

- Head lice are prevalent in primary schools. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevalent/#x1)
- Malaria is prevalent in some hot, wet countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevalent/#x2)
- The prevalent wind here blows from the west. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevalent/#x3)
- Smartphones are prevalent among teenagers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevalent/#x4)
- Kangaroos are prevalent in many parts of Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevalent/#x5)
- Bullying online is more prevalent than many adults think. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevalent/#x6)
- The second story will serve as an illustration of one of the Russian customs with respect to the dead, and also of the ideas about witchcraft, still prevalent in Russia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prevalent/#x7)

### note

Noun: prevalence (how common something is; in maths and health surveys it can be a percentage). Formal; simpler: «common», «widespread». Note «prevailing wind» and «prevalent wind» are both used; «prevailing» is more usual for wind.

### Trees and pragmatics

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