Vocabulary
Prevalent
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
widespread in a particular area or at a particular time.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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There were no institutional limits on power.Property rights and liberty could be stripped readily, and barbaric practices such as sati, slavery, accession through fratricide and human sacrifices were prevalent.
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Colonial complex
— 2026-04-01
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.Itisfurtherreportedthatasaresultofbad conditions tuberculosis is widely prevalent among them.
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Seventy-five years ago Anxiety for refugees
— 2026-02-27
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Iranian researchers would speak of the Ram legend prevalent around the Caspian Sea.
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It`s complex and beautiful
— 2025-10-21
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Donald Tusk, Polish prime minister WHILE one cannot say for sure what was in the minds of those who approved the new National Tariff Policy 2025-2030, they were definitely not looking at the prevalent global trade scene.
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End to trade diplomacy?
— 2025-09-09
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In fact, encroachment is a prevalent feature in all the provinces.
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Dissecting disaster
— 2025-08-11
Synonyms
widespread, prevailing, frequent, usual, common, general, universal, pervasive
Curator example
“the social ills prevalent in society today”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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