Thesaurus: prevalence

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1. n. The quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide extension; as, the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a disease; the prevalence of a rumor.
2. n. the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
3. n. (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 population
4. n. a superiority in numbers or amount
5. The quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide extension; as, the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a disease; the prevalence of a rumor. The duke better knew what kind of argument were of prevalence with him. Clarendon.
6. The quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength,force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wideextension; as, the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of adisease; the prevalence of a rumor.The duke better knew what kind of argument were of prevalence withhim. Clarendon.
7. n:100 n. the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread n. (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 population