prevalence en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pɹɪˈveɪləns/ (variant)
- (US) audio
- /ˈpɹɛvələns/
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French prévalence.
Meanings
-
(countable, uncountable) The 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:
- (countable, uncountable) The 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prevalences | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
seroprevalence · immunoprevalence · genoprevalence · nonprevalence · coprevalence · coproprevalence
Relateds
incidence · prevail · prevalent
Translations (37)
de weite Verbreitung (wide extension) · fr prévalence (number of cases compared to a total population) · pt prevalência (number of cases compared to a total population) · es prevalencia (wide extension) · bg преобладание (wide extension) · id prevalensi (wide extension) · fi vallitsevuus (wide extension) · nl overwicht (number of cases compared to a total population) · de Kennzahl für die Häufigkeit (number of cases compared to a total population) · id prevalensi (number of cases compared to a total population) · de Prävalenz (number of cases compared to a total population) · ro prevalență (wide extension) · es prevalencia (number of cases compared to a total population) · cmn 流行 (wide extension) · ga leitheadúlacht (wide extension) · nl het algemeen voorkomen (wide extension) · sh надмоћност (wide extension) · nl het heersen (wide extension) · uk поши́реність (number of cases compared to a total population) · fi prevalenssi (wide extension) · bg инцидентност (number of cases compared to a total population) · ar اِنْتِشَار (number of cases compared to a total population) · cmn 盛行 (wide extension) · fi sairastavuus (number of cases compared to a total population) · ru распространённость (number of cases compared to a total population) · ru преобладание (wide extension) · de starkes Vorkommen (wide extension) · bg преобладаване (wide extension) · cmn 普遍 (wide extension) · fr prédominance (wide extension) · it prevalenza (number of cases compared to a total population) · fi hallitsevuus (wide extension) · hi लौकिकता (wide extension) · de Verbreitetsein (wide extension) · cmn 廣泛 /广泛 (wide extension) · nl verspreiding (wide extension) · de Vorherrschen (wide extension)