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prevail
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
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