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prevailing wind

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
pre-vail-ing wind
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wind in a region of the Earth that blows predominantly from one direction.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

prevailing winds (plural)

Questions

What does prevailing wind mean?
A wind in a region of the Earth that blows predominantly from one direction.

How to pronounce prevailing wind

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