Dictionary Entry
prevail
prevail is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against.
- 2intransitive verb
To be in force; to have effect, power, or influence; to be predominant; to have currency or prevalence; to obtain; as, the practice prevails this day.
- 3intransitive verb
To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I prevailedon him to wait.
- 4verb
use persuasion successfully
"He prevailed upon her to visit his parents"
- 5verb
prove superior
"The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"
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- 6verb
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
"Money reigns supreme here"
"Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
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- 7verb
continue to exist
"These stories die hard"
"The legend of Elvis endures"
- 8verb
be valid, applicable, or true
"This theory still holds"
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