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prevalence |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prevalence \Prev"a*lence\, n. [L. praevalentia: cf F. pr['e]valence. See {Prevail}.] The quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide extension; as the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a disease; the prevalence of a rumor. The duke better knew what kind of argument were of prevalence with him --Clarendon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prevalence n 1: the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread; "the prevalence of dysentery is horrible" 2: a superiority in numbers [syn: {preponderance}]
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