Prevalent

Adjective

Widespread in a particular area or at a particular time

Pronunciation

Prev-a-lent

Synonyms

Common, Widespread, Pervasive, Ubiquitous, Popular

Antonyms

Rare, Uncommon, Infrequent, Limited, Scarce

Indian Languages

🇮🇳 Hindi → प्रचलित (prachalit)

🇮🇳 Bengali → প্রচলিত (procholito)

🇮🇳 Tamil → பரவலாக உள்ள (paravalāka uḷḷa)

🇮🇳 Kannada → ವ್ಯಾಪಕ (vyāpaka)

🇮🇳 Telugu → ప్రాచుర్యం పొందిన (prācuryaṁ pon̄dina)

🇮🇳 Urdu → عام (aam)

European Languages

🇪🇸 Spanish → Prevalente

🇫🇷 French → Prévalent

🇩🇪 German → Vorherrschend

Other Asian Languages

🇨🇳 Chinese → 流行的 (liúxíng de)

🇯🇵 Japanese → 普及している (fukyū shite iru)

Examples
  1. The use of smartphones has become prevalent among teenagers in recent years.
  2. Malaria is still prevalent in some tropical regions despite efforts to control it.
  3. The prevalent opinion in the community is that education is the key to success.