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单词 prevailing
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prevailingn.

Brit. /prᵻˈveɪlɪŋ/, U.S. /priˈveɪlɪŋ/, /prəˈveɪlɪŋ/
Forms: 1500s preuaylynge, 1600s preuailing, 1600s prevailinge, 1600s– prevailing.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prevail v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < prevail v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of prevail v.; success, mastery, predominance, prevalence; (also) an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > prevailing or mastering
prevailing1549
prevailment1599
mastering1649
overmastering1870
1549 H. Latimer Seconde Serm. sig. Av What dyd we speke of preuaylynge, or redeming of thy cause with mony?
1604 E. Hake Of Golds Kingdome 20 The Iudge that hath Gods Seate, Protects the Right while Lawyers heads Vpon preuailings beate.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. 83 The earnestnesse of the contention was diminished by the demonstrations of the spirit, and the prevailings of grace.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 195. ⁋2 To hinder the creeping in and prevailing of Quacks and Pretenders.
1757 J. Woolman Jrnl. May (1971) iv. 64 It appeared to me that through the prevailing of the spirit of this world the minds of many were brought to an inward desolation.
1800 T. Haweis Impartial Hist. Church of Christ II. vii. 448 Amidst all the prevailings of iniquity..the writings of some of those..mystical divines, shew, that they cultivated still the religion of the heart.
1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 4 The prevailing of the gates of hell.
1936 W. F. McCaleb Aaron Burr Conspiracy ix. 287 The prevailing of the motion meant the end of the trial for treason.
2002 Jrnl. Contemp. Asia 32 83 These findings hardly suggest the prevailing of gender discrimination in the workplace even though it occurs at its gate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

prevailingadj.

Brit. /prᵻˈveɪlɪŋ/, U.S. /priˈveɪlɪŋ/, /prəˈveɪlɪŋ/
Forms: 1500s prevayling, 1600s preuailing, 1600s– prevailing.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prevail v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < prevail v. + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier prevalent adj.
1. That is or proves to be superior in any contest; victorious; ruling; effective, influential.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective]
prevailinga1586
overmastering1613
prevalent1614
mastering1694
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [adjective] > efficacious > supremely effective
singulara1340
sovereign1377
magistral1574
maystrial1576
virtuous1582
prevalent1615
prevailing1706
a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) xliii. 76 Why walk I in woes, While prevayling foes Haue of joye bereft me?
1648 Hunting of Fox 36 A prevailing Faction..hath divested him of all his Rights.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 973 Farr heavier load thy self expect to feel From my prevailing arme. View more context for this quotation
1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example ii. i. 20 Effects of Age, not to be remov'd by Physick, tho' never so prevailing.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xv. 461 The spiritual authority of the prevailing party was exercised with increasing severity.
1848 R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Incarnation (1852) ix. 206 Pleading the merits of His death as the prevailing Intercessor for His brethren.
1874 Internat. Rev. Jan. 6 Merchants and bankers are necessarily the prevailing classes.
1905 S. E. L. D. Baldwin Amer. Judiciary 218 If there are suitable lawyers..one of them who belongs to the prevailing party is generally made the judge.
1992 New Republic 27 July 42/1 In a three-way race where the prevailing candidate gets only a plurality,..there is no easy way to say what the people's preference is.
2. Predominant in extent or amount; most widely occurring or accepted; generally current. Cf. prevalent adj. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > general or prevalent
commona1325
generala1393
usual1396
popular?a1425
riveda1513
vulgarc1550
current1563
afloat1571
widespread1582
penny-rife1606
catholic1607
spacious1610
epidemical1614
epidemial1616
epidemic1617
prevailent1623
regnant1623
fashionablea1627
wide-spreading1655
endemical1658
prevalent1658
endemiala1682
obtaining1682
prevailing1682
endemious1684
sterling1696
running1697
(as) common as dirt (also muck)1737
prevailant1794
exoteric1814
endemic1852
widish1864
prolate1882
going1909
1682 S. Johnson Julian Apostate 37 The more general and prevailing Report, is, That he was kill'd by one of his own Souldiers.
1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks ii. ii. 123 Led by false Religion or prevailing Custom.
1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 227 Roman is at present the most prevailing Letter used in printing.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 230 The prevailing discontent was compounded of many feelings.
1892 Literary World 20 May 485 The phrenologist and the palmist take infinite pains to dispel the prevailing ignorance.
1939 O. Lancaster Homes Sweet Homes 56 The prevailing optimism received a shock.
1996 Chicago Tribune 24 Nov. vii. 16/2 Back home, the English band's brand of guitar rock..[is] considered hopelessly out of touch with the prevailing rave culture.

Compounds

prevailing wind n. (frequently in plural) a wind from the direction that is predominant or most usual at a particular place or season.
ΚΠ
1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads xiv. 205 As when a Wave is raised high By secret Gales..Until some certain and prevailing Wind Comandeth in the Air.
1707 Oration Sacred to Imperial Majesty Anne 47 Like a tall and solemn Oak complying superficiously with the prevailing Winds, and with her Branches humouring the present Blasts.
1748 O. Little Trade in Northern Colonies Considered 78 Several Degrees of cold, moderate, and warm Weather in all places vary with, and depend upon the prevailing Winds.
1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul i. v. 129 The prevailing wind..in the region south-west of Hemalleh, is from the south-east.
1860 Amer. Agriculturist Dec. 355/1 Let it be sheltered from prevailing winds, and where the sun will strike the hives each day a short time.
1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes xviii. 238 From..the prevailing winds for the past week he could have been on no other island than one of the Cape Verde group.
1992 Harper's Mag. Apr. 28/2 Landscape..is shaped by the way continental masses bend ocean currents, by the way the prevailing winds blow from the west, [etc.].

Derivatives

preˈvailingness n. prevalency; power to prevail or overcome.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > power > influence > [noun]
powerc1300
authorityc1405
voice1433
swaya1510
gravity1534
force1582
bias1587
interest1600
prevalence1612
prevailance1631
pondus1638
prevailancya1649
prevailency1650
influence1652
prevalency1652
weight1710
prevailingness1757
holding1770
mojo1923
clout1958
muscle1965
1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies 381 Much has been said of the prevailingness of the art of poisoning in the East-Indies.
1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. viii. 171 His pride in his prevailingness thrilled her.
1904 G. Thibaut tr. Rāmānuja in Bādarāyana Vedânta-sûtras III. 93 What ‘maya’ actually denotes here is abundance, prevailingness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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