prevail

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verb

1. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance (Freq. 6)
- Money reigns supreme here
- Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood
• Syn:
predominate, dominate, rule, reign
• Derivationally related forms:
prevalence, reign (for: reign), predominant (for: predominate), predomination (for: predominate), predominance (for: predominate)
• Hyponyms:
override, overarch, preponderate, outweigh, overbalance, outbalance
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
2. continue to exist (Freq. 5)
- These stories die hard
- The legend of Elvis endures
• Syn:
persist, die hard, run, endure
• Derivationally related forms:
diehard (for: die hard), persistent (for: persist), prevalence, prevalent
• Hypernyms:
continue
• Hyponyms:
carry over, reverberate
• Verb Group:
run
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. be valid, applicable, or true (Freq. 5)
- This theory still holds
• Syn:
hold, obtain
• Hypernyms:
exist, be
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. prove superior (Freq. 2)
- The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight
• Syn:
triumph
• Derivationally related forms:
triumphant (for: triumph), triumph (for: triumph)
• Hypernyms:
win
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
5. use persuasion successfully
- He prevailed upon her to visit his parents
• Hypernyms:
persuade
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  triumph, persist, die hard, run, endure, hold, obtain, predominate, dominate, rule, reign