nnoun.attributethe quality of prevailing generally; being widespreadExamples:- he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future
Derivationally Related Form:prevalentprevail
Hypernyms:generality
Inherited Hypernyms:prevalencegeneralityqualityattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:currency
nnoun.relation(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 populationTopic:epidemiology
Hypernyms:ratio
Inherited Hypernyms:prevalenceratiomagnitude relationrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.attributea superiority in numbers or amountSynset:preponderance
Examples:- a preponderance of evidence against the defendant
Derivationally Related Form:preponderateprevail
Hypernyms:figure number
Inherited Hypernyms:preponderancenumberamountmagnitudepropertyattributeabstractionentity