prevail

Words with a similar base: prevail

'prevail'

[predominate.v.01] as in: be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

Examples:
Money reigns supreme here
Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood

predominate, loom, overriding, dominate, dominate, overshadow, dominate, rule, convention, rule, rule, principle, rule, dominion, rule, rule, principle, rule, rule, govern, rule, rule, rule, rule, rule, reign, reign, reign, reign, prevail, prevail, prevail, prevail

prevailing, overriding, predominance, predomination, reign, reign, reign, reign, predominate, prevalence, prevalence, preponderance

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predominate

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override, preponderate, overarch

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'prevail'

[prevail.v.02] as in: be valid, applicable, or true

Examples:
This theory still holds

predominate, prevail, prevail, prevail, prevail, clasp, appreciation, hold, delay, detention, hold, hold, handle, cargo_area, keep, hold, hold, have, deem, harbor, restrain, retain, bear, hold, hold, accommodate, hold, hold, hold, hold, contain, reserve, defend, oblige, hold, hold, defy, apply, hold, control, hold, hold, halt, hold, carry, hold, declare, agree, hold, obtain, receive

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exist

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accommodate, agree, apply, appreciation, bear, cargo_area, carry, clasp, contain, control, declare, deem, defend, defy, delay, detention, halt, handle, harbor, harmonize, have, hold, keep, match, oblige, prevail, reserve, restrain, retain

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'prevail'

[prevail.v.03] as in: continue to exist

Examples:
These stories die hard
The legend of Elvis endures

predominate, prevail, prevail, prevail, prevail, persevere, persist, run, test, footrace, streak, run, run, run, run, run, run, rivulet, political_campaign, run, discharge, run, run, run, scat, run, operate, run, run, function, range, campaign, play, run, tend, run, run, run, run, run, run, carry, run, guide, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, ply, hunt, race, move, melt, ladder, run, digest, weather, survive, suffer, wear, last

run, prevalence, prevalence, preponderance, prevailing, persistent, haunting, persistent, dogged, traditionalist

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continue, be

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carry_over, reverberate

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affair, bring, busy, campaign, carry, cultivate, digest, discharge, dogged, employment, exercise, exploit, ferment, footrace, function, guide, haunting, hunt, hurt, influence, interfering, knead, ladder, make, melt, move, oeuvre, officiate, operate, persistent, play, ply, political_campaign, prevail, race, range, rivulet, routine, run, scat, serve, shape, solve, sour, streak, study, suffer, tend, test, work, workplace

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[prevail.v.04] as in: prove superior

Examples:
The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight

predominate, prevail, prevail, prevail, prevail, victory, triumph, wallow, gloat, exuberate

exultant, triumphant, victory, triumph, prevail, wallow, gloat, exuberate

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win

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acquire, addition, advance, amplification, break_even, continue, derive, detect, determine, discover, discovery, find, find_oneself, gain, hold, keep, keep_open, line_up, net_income, observe, preserve, prevent, profit, reach, receive, recover, restrain, retain, rule, succeed, support, sustain, victory, win, winnings, witness

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'prevail'

[prevail.v.05] as in: use persuasion successfully

Examples:
He prevailed upon her to visit his parents

predominate, prevail, prevail, prevail, prevail

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persuade, induce

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carry, persuade

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Origins

					prevail (English)
└── prevailen (Latin)
    └── prevaler (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── praevaleo (Latin)

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