prevail
11prevail\ on — • prevail (up)on v To bring to an act or belief; cause a change in; persuade. He prevailed upon the musician to entertain instead of the absent speaker. He prevailed upon me to believe in his innocence …
12prevail on to — prevail on (someone) (to (do something)) to persuade someone to do something. My father prevailed on some friends to let us stay with them for a few days. The TV network prevailed upon the organizers of the track and field championships to… …
13prevail on — prevail upon they prevailed upon me to emcee their charity affair Syn: persuade, induce, coax, convince, get, urge, pressure, coerce; informal sweet talk, soft soap …
14prevail — *induce, persuade, get Analogous words: *move, actuate, drive, impel: influence, *affect, impress, sway …
15prevail — [v] dominate, control abound, beat, be common, be current, be prevalent, best, be usual, be victorious, be widespread, carry, come out on top*, command, conquer, domineer, exist generally, gain, get there, go great guns*, go places*, hit pay… …
16prevail — pre|vail [prıˈveıl] v [I not in progressive] formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: praevalere, from valere to be strong ] 1.) if a belief, custom, situation etc prevails, it exists among a group of people at a certain time prevail in/among… …
17prevail — [[t]prɪve͟ɪl[/t]] prevails, prevailing, prevailed 1) VERB If a proposal, principle, or opinion prevails, it gains influence or is accepted, often after a struggle or argument. We hope that common sense would prevail... Rick still believes that… …
18prevail — v. 1) (D; intr.) to prevail against, over (to prevail against overwhelming odds) 2) (d; intr.) to prevail on, upon smb. to do smt. (they prevailed on me to buy a new television set) * * * [prɪ veɪl] upon smb. to do smt. (they prevailed on me to… …
19prevail */ — UK [prɪˈveɪl] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms prevail : present tense I/you/we/they prevail he/she/it prevails present participle prevailing past tense prevailed past participle prevailed formal 1) to exist at a particular time or in a… …
20prevail — 01. Government forces have [prevailed] over the rebels, and the capital city remains secure. 02. Agassi has once again [prevailed] over his main rival at Wimbledon. 03. The boss personal interests should not be allowed to [prevail] over the… …
