Usually means: Emerges victorious or dominant; succeeds.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. prevails: Merriam-Webster
  2. prevails: Collins English Dictionary
  3. prevails: Vocabulary.com
  4. Prevails, prevails: Wordnik
  5. prevails: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. prevails: Wiktionary
  7. prevails: Dictionary.com
  8. prevails: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. prevails: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. prevails: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. prevails: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. prevails: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (prevail)

verb:  (intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
verb:  (intransitive) To triumph; to be victorious.
verb:  (intransitive) To be current, widespread, or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
verb:  (intransitive) To succeed in persuading or inducing.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To avail.
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