Habitual or ordinary manner of procedure; way, custom, practice. course of nature (formerly course of kind): the ordinary procedure of nature; the…

The quality, condition, or fact of being public; †the condition of being commonly accepted, prevalence; †fame, notoriety; †devotion to the public…

The state or condition of being rife.

General use; common diffusion. Obsolete. rare.

= vulgarity, n. 2 3.

The quality of being prepotent; superior power or influence; predominance, prevalence.

As a count noun: an instance of being prevalent, or of frequent or general occurrence or acceptance; (also) a prevalent phenomenon, quality, or…

The quality or condition of being prevalent; = prevalence, n. 3.

The condition of being widespread in a particular area or at a particular time; general occurrence, existence, practice, or acceptance…

Extensive or common occurrence, pervasiveness; = prevalence, n. 3.

Something pervasive, widespread, or common; a predominant feature or phenomenon. Also, in later use: (Ecology) a prevalent species. Cf. prevalency, n.…