'Prevalence' definitions:
Definition of 'prevalence'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of prevailing generally; being widespread; "he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future"
noun
(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
noun
A superiority in numbers or amount; "a preponderance of evidence against the defendant" [syn: preponderance, prevalence]
Definition of 'Prevalence'
From: GCIDE
- Prevalence \Prev"a*lence\, n. [L. praevalentia: cf. F. pr['e]valence. See Prevail.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- The duke better knew what kind of argument were of prevalence with him. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prevalence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abundance,
- acceptance,
- accustomedness,
- affluence,
- ample sufficiency,
- ampleness,
- amplitude,
- ascendancy,
- avalanche,
- averageness,
- bon ton,
- bonanza,
- bountifulness,
- bountiousness,
- bumper crop,
- common occurrence,
- commonality,
- commonness,
- commonplaceness,
- confirmedness,
- control,
- copiousness,
- currency,
- customariness,
- extensiveness,
- extravagance,
- exuberance,
- fashionableness,
- fertility,
- fixedness,
- flood,
- flow,
- foison,
- frequence,
- frequency,
- full measure,
- fullness,
- generality,
- generosity,
- generousness,
- great abundance,
- great plenty,
- gush,
- habitualness,
- incidence,
- inveteracy,
- inveterateness,
- landslide,
- lavishness,
- liberality,
- liberalness,
- lots,
- luxuriance,
- mastery,
- maximum,
- modishness,
- more than enough,
- much,
- myriad,
- myriads,
- normality,
- numerousness,
- oftenness,
- omnipresence,
- opulence,
- opulency,
- ordinariness,
- outpouring,
- overflow,
- pervasiveness,
- plenitude,
- plenteousness,
- plentifulness,
- plenty,
- popularity,
- practice,
- predominance,
- primacy,
- prodigality,
- productiveness,
- profuseness,
- profusion,
- quantities,
- rampantness,
- reign,
- relative incidence,
- repleteness,
- repletion,
- rich harvest,
- rich vein,
- richness,
- rifeness,
- riot,
- riotousness,
- routineness,
- rule,
- run,
- scads,
- settledness,
- shower,
- spate,
- standardness,
- stream,
- stylishness,
- substantiality,
- substantialness,
- superabundance,
- sway,
- sweepingness,
- teemingness,
- ubiquity,
- universality,
- usualness,
- voguishness,
- wealth,
- widespreadness,
- wontedness