prevail

1. (intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.Examples: "Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag."; "And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed."; "Liverpool created a host of chances and had a Joel Matip goal ruled out for a foul and offside in an incident-packed game that went right down to the wire before Jurgen Klopp's side prevailed."intransitive

2. (intransitive) To triumph; to be victorious.Examples: "There are a number of SCPs and tales that look at potential apocalypses, but rarely with such totality as SCP-2935, a parallel dimension in which death prevailed."; "Zakharova also made light of Moore’s claims that Russia will not be able to regain momentum in the war after the MI6 chief said he was”optimistic”^([sic]) Ukraine would prevail against the Russian invasion."intransitive

3. (intransitive) To be current, widespread, or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.Examples: "In his day and age, such practices prevailed all over Europe."intransitive

4. (intransitive) To succeed in persuading or inducing.Examples: "I prevailed on him to wait."; "Jones began to be very importunate with the lady to unmask; and at length having prevailed, there appeared not Mrs Fitzpatrick, but the Lady Bellaston herself."intransitive

5. (transitive, obsolete) To avail.obsoletetransitive