prevail · verb
Sens et exemples
Se révéler plus fort ou plus influent que des forces ou des idées concurrentes.
After several tense meetings, a willingness to compromise prevailed over the desire to win every argument.
She hoped that careful reasoning would prevail when the committee considered the evidence at its final meeting.
If short-term interests prevail, the organisation may lose the trust it has spent years building.
The more cautious proposal eventually prevailed, although several members continued to argue for a faster expansion.
Formes
- prevail base form
- prevails third-person singular present
- prevailed past tense; past participle
- prevailing present participle