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prevail
verb [I] /prɪˈveɪl/ formalDefinition
C2 to get control or influence: I am sure that common sense will prevail in the end. And did reason prevail over (= become a more powerful influence than) emotion?Winning and defeatingScoring, winning and losing in sport › to be common among a group of people or area at a particular time: This attitude still prevails among the middle classes.Habitual and customary
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Synonyms and related words:
- accustomed adjective
- all in a day's work idiom
- as a (general) rule idiom
- as a matter of course idiom
- as often as not idiom
- habitual adjective
- inveterate adjective
- knee-jerk adjective
- make it a rule idiom
- mechanical adjective (WITHOUT THOUGHT)
- mechanically adverb (WITHOUT THOUGHT)
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