Meanings
nounprevalence (countable and uncountable, plural prevalences)
plural prevalences
- countableuncountableThe quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.
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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.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Middle Frenchprévalence
- Middle Frenchprévalence
- Englishprevalence
Borrowed from Middle French prévalence.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اِنْتِشَار
- اِنْتِشَار (intišār)number of cases compared to a total population
Bulgarian преобладаване, преобладание
- преобладаване (preobladavane)wide extension
- преобладание (preobladanie)wide extension
- инцидентност (incidentnost)number of cases compared to a total population
Chinese Mandarin 流行, 盛行
- 流行 (liúxíng)wide extension
- 盛行 (shèngxíng)wide extension
- 普遍 (pǔbiàn)wide extension
- 廣泛 /广泛 (guǎngfàn)wide extension
Dutch het heersen, het algemeen voorkomen
- het heersenwide extension
- het algemeen voorkomenwide extension
- verspreidingwide extension
- overwichtnumber of cases compared to a total population
Finnish hallitsevuus, vallitsevuus
- hallitsevuuswide extension
- vallitsevuuswide extension
- prevalenssiwide extension
- sairastavuusnumber of cases compared to a total population
French prédominance, prévalence
- prédominancewide extension
- prévalencenumber of cases compared to a total population
German weite Verbreitung, Vorherrschen
- weite Verbreitungwide extension
- Vorherrschenwide extension
- Verbreitetseinwide extension
- starkes Vorkommenwide extension
- Prävalenznumber of cases compared to a total population
- Kennzahl für die Häufigkeitnumber of cases compared to a total population
Hindi लौकिकता
- लौकिकता (laukiktā)wide extension
Indonesian prevalensi, prevalensi
- prevalensiwide extension
- prevalensinumber of cases compared to a total population
Irish leitheadúlacht
- leitheadúlachtwide extension
Italian prevalenza
- prevalenzanumber of cases compared to a total population
Portuguese prevalência
- prevalêncianumber of cases compared to a total population
Romanian prevalență
- prevalențăwide extension
Russian преобладание, распространённость
- преобладание (preobladanije)wide extension
- распространённость (rasprostranjónnostʹ)number of cases compared to a total population
Spanish prevalencia, prevalencia
- prevalenciawide extension
- prevalencianumber of cases compared to a total population
Ukrainian поши́реність
- поши́реність (pošýrenistʹ)number of cases compared to a total population
Cite this entry
APA
prevalence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prevalence
MLA
“prevalence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prevalence. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prevalence,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prevalence.
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