{
    "term": "prevalent",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "that exists or is very common at a particular time or in a particular place",
            "sensetop": "prevalent among somebodyprevalent in somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a prevalent view"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These prejudices are particularly prevalent among people living in the North.",
                    "contextForm": "prevalent among somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The disease is even more prevalent in Latin America.",
                    "contextForm": "prevalent in somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This attitude is prevalent among teenagers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our diet contributes to the high levels of heart disease prevalent in this country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Temporary working is most prevalent among people in service occupations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Truancy is most prevalent near the end of compulsory schooling."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprevələnt/",
                "audio": "pr/prevalent/prevalent__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprevələnt/",
                "audio": "pr/prevalent/prevalent__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from Latin praevalent- ‘having greater power’, from the verb praevalere ‘have greater power’, from prae ‘before’ + valere ‘have power’."
}