prevalence
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future
Types & categories
- generality hypernym
- currency hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
(epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population
Types & categories
- ratio hypernym
Related & opposite
- epidemiology domain topic
Sense 3 noun
a superiority in numbers or amount
a preponderance of evidence against the defendant
Types & categories
- number hypernym
Related & opposite
- prevail derivation
- overbalance derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | persist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rife |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | generality |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | currency |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | epidemiology |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ratio |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prevail |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | overbalance |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | number |