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English noun: prevalence | |||
| 1. | prevalence (attribute) the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread | ||
| Samples | He was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | generality | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | currency | ||
| 2. | prevalence (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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ratio | ||
| Domain category | epidemiology | ||
| 3. | prevalence (attribute) a superiority in numbers or amount | ||
| Samples | A preponderance of evidence against the defendant. | ||
| Synonyms | preponderance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | figure, number | ||
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