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Meanings of prevail in English
To emerge; to be visible or larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance.
Synonyms
Examples for "run"
Examples for "run"
1
The banks' recent run of good form came to an end today.
2
This year the work will likely run out months earlier, Olson said.
3
The critical issue now is whether the run of good news continues.
4
I had run quite far and was a long way from home.
5
Rice said the two shows would run at different times of year.
1
Human power could not, however, much longer endure so severe a trial.
2
I believe the government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.
3
A number of market economists are predicting Australia will endure a recession.
4
Food and water, sufficient to endure a brief siege, were stored inside.
5
They endure the daily humiliations large and small that come with occupation.
1
It said difficult conditions in the coal industry would persist throughout 2016.
2
The research challenges often persist after researchers return home from the field.
3
ADM this week cautioned that tough market conditions were likely to persist.
4
However, the issue may persist over the weekend and into late January.
5
He said problems will persist in some areas until April and May.
1
But men die hard in small craft, as they will always do.
2
You see I die hard, and stick up for my poor child.
3
And if they reach Russia, they find old Soviet habits die hard.
4
Had he lunged Kin wouldn't have survived, but ancient habits die hard.
5
So these schools, and these theories, and these religions die hard.
Portuguese
prevalecer Catalan
prevaler Portuguese
triunfar Spanish
prevalecer Usage of prevail in English
1
At some level of discontinuity, of course, Darwin's strong statement must prevail.
2
And quite often, rules are not enforced and baddies do indeed prevail.
3
I had thought good sense would prevail now that Vaughn was gone.
4
Peace needs to prevail in South Sudan, he said in a statement.
5
The gift of debate means the gift of making your opinion prevail.
6
Still, analysts said given the thin trading volume, volatility will likely prevail.
7
The latter will likely prevail, said INTL Chief Financial Officer Bill Dunaway.
8
In all aspects of public communication, common sense and intelligence should prevail.
9
Let a hundred mighty warriors come against us, still we shall prevail.
10
No; that war in which ideas prevail is not fought with force.
11
Even so, there are good reasons to think the Sounders will prevail.
12
In time one or the other must prevail; Jon has willed it.
13
Democratic strategists say that despite the demographic changes, Trump could still prevail.
14
The Chinese people will surely prevail over all difficulties and challenges ahead.
15
The two modes of the Government which prevail in the world, are:
16
The conditions which prevail in the laboratory are never the standard conditions.
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Portuguese
Prevail through the time
Prevail across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
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United States of America
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