Noun prevalence has 3 senses
  1. prevalence - the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread; "he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future"
    --1 is a kind of
    generality
    --1 has particulars: currency
    Derived form: verb prevail3
  2. prevalence - (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population
    --2 is a kind of
    ratio
  3. preponderance, prevalence - a superiority in numbers or amount; "there is a preponderance of Blacks in our prisons"
    --3 is a kind of number, figure
    Derived form: verb prevail1
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