What is another word for prevails?

Pronunciation: [pɹɪvˈe͡ɪlz] (IPA)

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What are the opposite words for prevails?

The word "prevails" is defined as to "be widespread or current; exist or be in force." Its antonyms include "fail, lose, yield, surrender, bow, give in, and succumb." When something fails, it means it does not succeed in achieving a certain goal or objective. Losing refers to being defeated or not winning in a competition or battle. Yielding, bowing, and surrendering mean to relinquish control or power to an opposing force or authority. And succumbing implies being overcome or defeated by a challenge or obstacle. Understanding the antonyms of the word "prevails" helps to communicate effectively and accurately in both spoken and written communication.

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Usage examples for Prevails

A very general taste for the drama prevails.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
A general aspect of good order, thrift, industry, and prosperity prevails at Christiania.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
As compared with this question, constitutional questions are of very minor importance, for no matter whether the State be monarchy or republic, if the system of industrial right that prevails in it be the system of industrial freedom, the real power of the country will be in the hands of the capitalist class.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae

Famous quotes with Prevails

  • Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.
    Walter Bagehot
  • It's true that General Musharraf opposes my return, seeing me as a symbol of democracy in the country. He is comfortable with dictatorship. I hope better sense prevails.
    Benazir Bhutto
  • One thus sees that a new kind of theory is needed which drops these basic commitments and at most recovers some essential features of the older theories as abstract forms derived from a deeper reality in which what prevails in unbroken wholeness.
    David Bohm
  • Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.
    Denis Diderot
  • Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.
    Frederick Douglass

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