Dictionary Definition
prevail
Verb
1 be larger in number, quantity, power, status or
importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in
this neighborhood" [syn: predominate, dominate, rule, reign]
3 continue to exist; "These stories die hard";
"The legend of Elvis endures" [syn: persist, die hard,
run, endure]
4 prove superior; "The champion prevailed, though
it was a hard fight" [syn: triumph]
5 use persuasion successfully; "He prevailed upon
her to visit his parents"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From praevalere.Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪl
Verb
- To be superior in
strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the
advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
- Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag.
- To be current,
widespread or
predominant; to have
currency or prevalence.
- In his day and age, such practices prevailed all over Europe.
- To succeed in persuading or inducing.
- I prevailed on him to wait.
Quotations
*, Exodus 17:11-
- And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
Related terms
Translations
To be superior in strength, dominance, influence
or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have
the upper hand
- Czech: převládat
To be current, widespread or predominant; to
have currency or prevalence
- Czech: převládat
To succeed in persuading or inducing
- Finnish: taivutella, suostutella
Translations to be checked
- ttbc German: die Vorherrschaft erringen (over über) (1), sich durchsetzen (against gegen) (1), vorherrschen (2)
- ttbc Spanish: prevalecer
- ttbc Portuguese: prevalecer
References
Extensive Definition
Prevail is the forthcoming full-length studio
album by Canadian death metal
band Kataklysm, due
for a May
23rd, 2008
release in Europe and a June 6th,
2008 release
in North America. This will mark the band's ninth full-length
studio album. A music video was filmed for the track "Taking The
World By Storm".
Track listing
- "Prevail" – 3:54
- "Taking the World by Storm" – 3:59
- "The Chains of Power" – 3:19
- "As Death Lingers" – 3:30
- "Blood in Heaven" – 5:15
- "To the Throne of Sorrow" – 4:49
- "Breathe to Dominate" – 3:59
- "Tear Down the Kingdom" – 4:21
- "The Vultures Are Watching" – 5:57
- "The Last Effort (Renaissance II)" – 5:01
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abide,
affect, argue into,
be, be blooded, be extant, be
found, be in, be in existence, be in force, be met with, be
present, be successful, be the case, be the rage, be the rule, be
the thing, be there, be victorious, beat, best, bestride, better, bide, break the record, breathe, bring around, bring
round, cap, carry on, catch
on, click, come off,
connect, continue, continue the same,
continue to be, convince, defeat time, defy
time, dictate, dispose, dominate, domineer, drag along, drag on,
draw, drone, dwell, endure, exceed, excel, exist, extend, farewell, get, go, go great guns, go off, go on, go
one better, go over, go over big, go to town, graduate, happen to be, have
being, have place, have the ascendancy, hold, hold on, hold out, hum, impress, improve on, incline, induce, influence, keep, keep on, last, last long, last out, live, live on, live through,
maintain, make a hit,
master, meet with
success, obtain, occur, outweigh, overbalance, overbear, overcome, overpass, overtop, pass, perdure, perennate, perfect, persist, persuade, play first fiddle,
predominate,
preponderate,
prompt, prosper, qualify, reign, remain, rule, rule the roost, run, run on, run through, stand, stay, stay on, subsist, succeed, surpass, survive, sustain, sway, take, take the lead, talk into,
tarry, tide over, top, tower above, tower over,
transcend, triumph, trump, twist, wear, wear the pants, wear well,
win, win out, win over, work
well, work wonders