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📖 Определения и значения для слова prevail

📒 to exist or be very common at a particular time or in a particular place

  • prevail in something We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons.
  • prevail among somebody Those beliefs still prevail among certain social groups.

📒 to be accepted, especially after a struggle or an argument

  • Justice will prevail over tyranny.
  • Fortunately, common sense prevailed.
  • Her happy outlook always prevailed.

📒 to defeat an opponent, especially after a long struggle

  • In a one-sided final, Spain prevailed against title-holder Croatia 40–34.
  • They wasted two penalties but still prevailed 2–1.
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