Question

If one side in a battle, contest, or dispute p_______, it wins .If one side in a battle, contest, or dispute prevails, it wins .He appears to have the votes he needs to prevail.I do hope he will prevail over the rebels. verbIf 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 justice will prevail.Political and personal ambitions are starting to prevail over economic interests.If a situation, attitude, or custom prevails in a particular place at a particular time, it is normal or most common in that place at that time.A similar situation prevails in America....the confusion which had prevailed at the time of the revolution.How people bury their dead says much about the prevailing attitudes toward death.If one side in a battle, contest, or dispute prevails, it wins .He appears to have the votes he needs to prevail.I do hope he will prevail over the rebels.If you prevail upon someone to do something, you succeed in persuading them to do it.We must, each of us, prevail upon our congressman to act.Do you think she could be prevailed upon to do those things? C1

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prevail prevailsprevailingprevailed

query	If one side in a battle, contest, or dispute p_______, it wins .If one side in a battle, contest, or dispute prevails, it wins . He appears to have the votes he needs to prevail. I do hope he will prevail over the rebels.
word	prevail
full-definition	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 justice will prevail. Political and personal ambitions are starting to prevail over economic interests. If a situation, attitude, or custom prevails in a particular place at a particular time, it is normal or most common in that place at that time. A similar situation prevails in America. ...the confusion which had prevailed at the time of the revolution. How people bury their dead says much about the prevailing attitudes toward death. If one side in a battle, contest, or dispute prevails, it wins . He appears to have the votes he needs to prevail. I do hope he will prevail over the rebels. If you prevail upon someone to do something, you succeed in persuading them to do it. We must, each of us, prevail upon our congressman to act. Do you think she could be prevailed upon to do those things?
inflections	prevailsprevailingprevailed
cefr-level	C1

Prevail Side Battle Contest Dispute Wins Hope Prevailed