prevail
part of speech
verb (prevail, prevails, prevailed, prevailing)
meaning for a pupil
1) To win or be stronger in the end after a struggle. tree →
2) To be common or usual in a place or time. tree →
3) prevail on/upon (formal) To persuade someone to do something. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories good often «prevails over» evil. In geography, the «prevailing wind» is the wind that blows most often in a place. In formal speech: «Common sense prevailed.» Phrases: «justice prevailed», «prevailing wind», «prevail upon someone».
examples
- In the end, good prevailed over evil. tree →
- The prevailing wind in Ireland blows from the west. tree →
- Calm prevailed after the storm. tree →
- Our team prevailed after extra time. tree →
- She prevailed on her dad to let her keep the kitten. tree →
- Fairness must prevail in every game. tree →
- Sunny weather prevailed for the whole holiday. tree →
- "You cannot prevail against me," said Death. tree →
note
Regular: prevailed, prevailing. «Prevailing» as an adjective means the most common: «prevailing opinion». Noun «prevalence», adjective «prevalent». Formal; everyday words are «win» or «be common».
In the corpora
- And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
- And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.
- Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
- And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
- Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «prevail» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.