prevail
/pɹɪˈveɪl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag."
- "Sunny skies will prevail across the Northeast."
- "And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed."
- "Liverpool created a host of chances and had a Joel Matip goal ruled out for a foul and offside in an incident-packed game that went right down to the wire before Jurgen Klopp's side prevailed."
- "There are a number of SCPs and tales that look at potential apocalypses, but rarely with such totality as SCP-2935, a parallel dimension in which death prevailed."
- "Zakharova also made light of Moore’s claims that Russia will not be able to regain momentum in the war after the MI6 chief said he was”optimistic”^([sic]) Ukraine would prevail against the Russian invasion."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂welh₁-, prevailen, prevaler, praevaleō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɹɪˈveɪl/
- British English: /pɹɪˈveɪl/