prevails
Meaning of prevails
verb, 3rd person present
- prove more powerful or superior.
it is hard for logic to prevail over emotion
- persuade (someone) to do something.
she was prevailed upon to give an account of her work
late Middle English: from Latin praevalere ‘have greater power’, from prae ‘before’ + valere ‘have power’.
Information about prevails
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of prevails is: prevail.
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Hyphenation of prevails
pre-vails
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- prevails is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
prevails synonyms
Meaning be successful or victorious in (a contest or conflict):
Meaning achieve a victory; be successful:
Meaning achieve the desired aim or result:
Meaning overcome and take control of (a place or people) by military force:
Meaning succeed in dealing with (a problem or difficulty):
Meaning be a dominant or powerful factor:
Meaning (of a quality or condition) be the dominant feature of a situation or place:
Meaning induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument:
Meaning succeed in persuading or leading (someone) to do something:
Meaning gently and persistently persuade (someone) to do something:
Meaning cause (someone) to believe firmly in the truth of something:
Meaning form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create:
Meaning come to have (something); receive:
Meaning move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to side:
Meaning try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something:
Meaning persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats:
Meaning have an influence on:
Meaning (of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling):
Meaning persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery:
Meaning attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage:
Meaning entice or try to entice (someone) to do something that they find attractive but know to be wrong or unwise:
Meaning tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward:
Meaning persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery:
Meaning obtain (something), especially with care or effort:
Words that rhyme with prevails
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