prevalence
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See also: prévalence
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French prévalence.
Pronunciation
Noun
prevalence (countable and uncountable, plural prevalences)
- The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.
- 2012 August 7, “SPLC fellow: ‘I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that essentially expected to die’”, in CNN:
- 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.
- (epidemiology) 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.
Related terms
Translations
wide extension
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number of cases compared to a total population
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See also
Further reading
- “prevalence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “prevalence”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
prevalence f
- (epidemiology) prevalence
- Synonym: výskyt
Declension
Declension of prevalence (soft feminine)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prevalence | prevalence |
| genitive | prevalence | prevalencí |
| dative | prevalenci | prevalencím |
| accusative | prevalenci | prevalence |
| vocative | prevalence | prevalence |
| locative | prevalenci | prevalencích |
| instrumental | prevalencí | prevalencemi |
Related terms
- See vale
Further reading
- “prevalence”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “prevalence”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “prevalence”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025