verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
common sense prevails (= is strong enough to make you do the sensible thing )
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Eventually common sense prevailed and they reached an agreement.
optimism prevails/reigns (= optimism is the strongest feeling )
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Despite the crisis, optimism prevailed.
the prevailing wind (= the most frequent wind in an area )
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The prevailing wind comes from the west.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
always
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At the lowest level of local government, however, a certain uniformity had always prevailed .
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But conventional wisdom does not always prevail in politics.
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Or were these superficial appearances, against which Socialist solidarity would always prevail ?
over
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In the interventionist state the executive is likely to prevail over the legislature.
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In so far as the idea of emancipation moved forward in government circles in 1856, the landless variety prevailed over the landed.
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This system prevailed over a colony whose territorial boundaries were not determined by the pre-colonial boundaries recognised by the indigenous populations.
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Despite the Bougainville crisis a general optimism prevailed over the long-term prospects for the mineral sector.
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By 1900 his radicalism had prevailed over his loyalty to his employer.
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They must be related to the conditions prevailing over several preceding days.
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In every case the draftsman should consider whether the plan is to prevail over the verbal description or viceversa.
still
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The report did not call for positive discrimination but suggested that male, old-school attitudes still prevailed in hospitals.
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At that time Freudianizm still prevailed , and Freudian theory was holy writ.
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I find this attitude hard to understand but it still prevails today.
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And that economic ancien regime still prevails in many parts of the world that are trying to go beyond it.
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That pleasing equilibrium between man, raffia, mud or whatever, does of course still prevail in various parts of the world.
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The culture of short-term perspectives still prevails .
upon
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Although they can be prevailed upon to interbreed in captivity, they never do so in the wild.
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Fernando Iturbe was next prevailed upon by Herrera to take up the problem of balancing the budget.
■ NOUN
atmosphere
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No alcohol was served but an atmosphere of uninhibited enjoyment prevailed .
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A pastoral atmosphere prevailed , despite the looming brick of the three-storey structure with its adjoining chapel and outlying houses.
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Mr Ratner, who is 41, quickly got rid of the snobby atmosphere which prevails in most independent jewellery stores.
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Apart from on Tuesdays, every effort was made by senior staff to ensure that an unfettered atmosphere prevailed .
case
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In other cases , circumstances of national moment prevailed .
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Only a very stubborn man could have believed that reason would prevail in a case such as this one.
end
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But Clinton would sign the Kennedy-Kassebaum version, which is thus likely to prevail in the end .
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And I knew that for some reason I wanted the positive side to prevail at the end .
law
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If this is not done, Gresham's law may well prevail: bad graphs will drive out the good.
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They recognize that no laws can prevail against the dissolution of the social connections and personal motivations that sustain a civilized polity.
rate
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International trade was to be encouraged by member countries maintaining par values for their currencies so that stable rates of exchange would prevail .
reason
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The venomous exchanges between deputies from the two republics in the Kremlin yesterday offered little hope that reason would prevail .
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Only a very stubborn man could have believed that reason would prevail in a case such as this one.
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Neither experts nor ordinary people understand why humanitarian reasons should prevail over elementary justice.
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Eventually reason will prevail , but only after the determining structures have developed.
sense
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Within families, villages and larger social groupings a sense of solidarity prevailed .
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His sense of personal loyalty prevailed .
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Certainly, he has a better sense of the prevailing trends than before.
situation
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Nor is it possible to return to the situation in which terror prevailed .
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The market supply and demand situation prevailing when economic profits become zero will determine the total amount of X produced.
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That situation prevails in states throughout the nation.
system
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But it has been further seen that strong justification is needed for adopting a system at variance with prevailing medical views.
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This system prevailed over a colony whose territorial boundaries were not determined by the pre-colonial boundaries recognised by the indigenous populations.
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The other major system of political economy prevailing in the world today is socialism.
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By necessity changes will take many years to enact a, id consequently the present system will prevail for some time.
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As in Kursk guberniia, the classical three-field system prevailed , but there was more variety.
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But a different system had prevailed at Wyvis Hall, or rather no system had prevailed at all.
view
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Molly Sheavyn was the only deaf member, and her views predictably did not prevail .
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Her point of view had prevailed .
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Since then a more balanced view has prevailed in which currents and waves are seen to act together.
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It is interesting to speculate what the consequences would have been for the curriculum if his view had prevailed .
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Eventually Teclis's view prevailed and the Colleges of Magic were established.
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Only Nikias mentions their specific brief from the People to proceed against Selinus, and his views do not prevail .
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For entirely practical reasons, Mr Adamec's view ought to prevail .
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Which of these views prevails today?
■ VERB
allow
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No democratic Government or society can allow such people to prevail .
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If this attitude is allowed to prevail there will be no room for different rates of development in our children.
continue
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If this life-blind model continues to prevail , it will impose a slow-motion catastrophe on humanity and the planet.
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In fact, similar managerial characteristics have continued to prevail in larger, technologically-advanced firms.
pay
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No one determines if the company is actually paying the prevailing wage.
seem
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Here, insularity seemed to prevail .
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In the Malthusian struggle of cat and bird, it seems that first one prevails and then the other.
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Much the same range of locations seems to prevail for the more romanized forms of housing.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
prevailing wind
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He also organized the compilation and publication of charts showing the prevailing winds and currents for each quarter of the year.
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He faces the open end to the east, away from the sun and prevailing wind.
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It was an entire nation of pragmatists, each individual swaying with the prevailing wind to ensure his or her own future.
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Protection from the prevailing wind can often be provided by rock outcrops or carefully planted shrubs in the background.
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They will adjust, bending like bamboos before the prevailing wind from the north.
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You must be reasonably fit and be sure you can handle the prevailing wind, weather and tidal conditions.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Fortunately, in this case, common sense has prevailed.
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If they prevail in court, they could receive up to $100,000.
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She seems to think that animal rights should prevail over everything else.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Baby, baby, who's got the baby might be the prevailing motif in this work that entertains and intrigues simultaneously.
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But Clinton would sign the Kennedy-Kassebaum version, which is thus likely to prevail in the end.
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But it has been further seen that strong justification is needed for adopting a system at variance with prevailing medical views.
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His weaknesses were exposed by his Republican rivals in the primaries, but he prevailed because their weaknesses were even worse.
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In every case the draftsman should consider whether the plan is to prevail over the verbal description or viceversa.
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It is doubtful that Stilwell could have prevailed even if he had managed a better performance.