Analysis Complete

prevail

/ prevail /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
use persuasion successfully
"He prevailed upon her to visit his parents"
Type of:
persuade
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 2
prove superior
"The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"
Type of:
win
Derived:
victory triumph
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 3
continue to exist
"These stories die hard"
"The legend of Elvis endures"
Type of:
continue
Kinds of:
carry over reverberate
Derived:
traditionalist diehard prevalence
Verb group:
run
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 4
be valid, applicable, or true
"This theory still holds"
Type of:
exist be
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 5
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
"Money reigns supreme here"
"Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
Kinds of:
override redound overarch preponderate outweigh
Derived:
preponderance prevalence reign predominance predomination
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
54%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
23
Times Searched
2
Relationship Distribution

Word Relationship Graph

Synonyms Antonyms Hypernyms Hyponyms

Related Words

persuade win continue carry over reverberate exist be override redound overarch preponderate outweigh