PREVAIL


Meaning of PREVAIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ prɪveɪl ]

( prevails, prevailing, prevailed)

1.

If a proposal, principle, or opinion prevails , it gains influence or is accepted, often after a struggle or argument.

We hope that common sense would prevail...

Political and personal ambitions are starting to prevail over economic interests.

= triumph

VERB : V , V over n

2.

If a situation, attitude, or custom prevails in a particular place at a particular time, it is normal or most common in that place at that time.

A similar situation prevails in America...

How people in a certain era bury their dead says much about the prevailing attitudes toward death.

VERB : V , V-ing

3.

If one side in a battle, contest, or dispute prevails , it wins.

He appears to have the votes he needs to prevail...

I do hope he will prevail over the rebels.

VERB : V , V over/against n

4.

If you prevail upon someone to do something, you succeed in persuading them to do it. ( FORMAL )

We must, each of us, prevail upon our congressman to act...

VERB : V upon/on n to-inf

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