Word of the Day ·
prevalence
/ˈpɹɛvələns/variant/pɹɪˈveɪləns/
noun
What it means
- countableuncountableThe quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.
On Starting Point this morning, Southern Poverty Law Center senior fellow Mark Potok discusses the prevalence of white supremacist groups and explains how this type of music is used as a recruitment tool.
2012 August 7, “SPLC fellow: ‘I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that [Page] essentially expected to die’”, in CNN - countableuncountableepidemiologyThe total number of cases of a disease in a given statistical population at a given time, divided by the number of individuals in that population.
In a sentence
On Starting Point this morning, Southern Poverty Law Center senior fellow Mark Potok discusses the prevalence of white supremacist groups and explains how this type of music is used as a recruitment tool.
2012 August 7, “SPLC fellow: ‘I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that [Page] essentially expected to die’”, in CNN
Where it comes from
- Middle Frenchprévalence
- Middle Frenchprévalence
- Englishprevalence
Borrowed from Middle French prévalence.
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