prevalence
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prevalence
- /ˈpɹɛvələns/
- /pɹɪˈveɪləns/ variant
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French prévalence.
noun prevalences
- The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread. On Starting Point this morning, Southern Poverty Law Center senior fellow Mark Potok discusses the prevalence of white supremacist groups and explains how this type of music is used as a recruitment tool.
- The total number of cases of a disease in a given statistical population at a given time, divided by the number of individuals in that population.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: preponderance, prevalent, predominant, prevailing, primacy, widespread, predominantly, supremacy, predominance, importance, presence, significance, precedence, salience, occurrence, phenomenon
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Every language
noun wide extension
| Español | prevalencia |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 流行 liúxíng, 盛行 shèngxíng, 普遍 pǔbiàn, 廣泛 /广泛 guǎngfàn |
| हिन्दी | लौकिकता laukiktā |
| Français | prédominance |
| Deutsch | weite Verbreitung, Vorherrschen, Verbreitetsein, starkes Vorkommen |
| Română | prevalență |
| Русский | преобладание preobladanije |
noun number of cases compared to a total population
| Español | prevalencia |
|---|---|
| Português | prevalência |
| Français | prévalence |
| Deutsch | Prävalenz, Kennzahl für die Häufigkeit |
| Italiano | prevalenza |
| Русский | распространённость rasprostranjónnostʹ |
| العربية | اِنْتِشَار intišār |
Talk about this word "prevalence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/prevalence. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. prevalence. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/prevalence "prevalence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/prevalence.Cite this
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title = {prevalence},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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