{
    "term": "prevail",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "prevail",
            "heSheIt": "prevails"
        },
        "pastSimple": "prevailed",
        "pastParticiple": "prevailed",
        "ingForm": "prevailing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to exist or be very common at a particular time or in a particular place",
            "sensetop": "prevail in somethingprevail among somebody",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons.",
                    "contextForm": "prevail in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Those beliefs still prevail among certain social groups.",
                    "contextForm": "prevail among somebody"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["always", "usually", "eventually"],
                "verb + prevail": ["be likely to", "must", "should"],
                "preposition": ["against", "over"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be accepted, especially after a struggle or an argument",
            "sensetop": "prevail (against/over something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Justice will prevail over tyranny."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fortunately, common sense prevailed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her happy outlook always prevailed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His view eventually prevailed over theirs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wishes of 20 million people ought to prevail against those of 200 thousand."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Act requires the will of the Commons ultimately to prevail over that of the upper house."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "triumph",
            "topics": ["Success"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["always", "usually", "eventually"],
                "verb + prevail": ["be likely to", "must", "should"],
                "preposition": ["against", "over"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to defeat an opponent, especially after a long struggle",
            "sensetop": "prevail (against/over somebody)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In a one-sided final, Spain prevailed against title-holder Croatia 40–34."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They wasted two penalties but still prevailed 2–1."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈveɪl/",
                "audio": "pr/prevail/prevail__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈveɪlz/",
                "audio": "pr/prevail/prevails__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈveɪld/",
                "audio": "pr/prevail/prevailed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈveɪlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/prevail/prevailing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈveɪl/",
                "audio": "pr/prevail/prevail__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈveɪlz/",
                "audio": "pr/prevail/prevails__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈveɪld/",
                "audio": "pr/prevail/prevailed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈveɪlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/prevail/prevailing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin praevalere ‘have greater power’, from prae ‘before’ + valere ‘have power’."
}