What does prevailing mean?

prevailing means "most frequent or common".

How many syllables are in prevailing?

prevailing has 3 syllables: pre-vai-ling. The stress falls on "vai". In IPA it is /pɹɪˈveɪlɪŋ/.

What is another word for prevailing?

Close synonyms include prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prevailing a common word?

prevailing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with prevailing?

3 words rhyme with prevailing. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

prevailing — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
most frequent or common
“prevailing winds”
Synonymsprevalent predominant dominant rife
Similarfrequent

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What does prevailing mean?: prevailing means "most frequent or common".
How many syllables are in prevailing?: prevailing has 3 syllables: pre-vai-ling. The stress falls on "vai". In IPA it is /pɹɪˈveɪlɪŋ/.

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