prevail

üstün gelmek, galip gelmek

Başkalarından daha güçlü olduğunu göstererek başarıya ulaşmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To prove stronger or more powerful than others and succeed.

• In the end, justice prevailed.
• Their team prevailed over its strongest rival.
• Will reason prevail despite all this anger?

Nasıl kullanılır: prevail over someone/something (Their determination prevailed over every obstacle.); prevail against someone/something (The smaller army prevailed against a much larger force.)

Eş anlamlılar: win, triumph, win out

Zıt anlamlılar: lose, fail

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: prevail over someone, justice will prevail, reason must prevail

yaygın olmak, hâkim olmak

Belirli bir yerde veya dönemde sık görülmek ya da yaygın olmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To be common or widespread in a place or at a particular time.

• Dry conditions prevail across the region.
• Such customs prevailed here for centuries.
• A mood of uncertainty now prevails among investors.

Nasıl kullanılır: prevail in something (Similar attitudes prevail in many small towns.); prevail among someone (That belief still prevails among older residents.)

Eş anlamlılar: be widespread, predominate

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: prevail in society, prevail throughout something, conditions that prevail

ikna etmek, razı etmek

Birini bir şey yapmaya razı etmeyi başarmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To successfully persuade someone to do something.

• I prevailed on him to stay.
• They finally prevailed upon their parents to visit.
• Could you prevail on her to change her mind?

Nasıl kullanılır: prevail on someone to do something (We prevailed on her to join us.); prevail upon someone to do something (He prevailed upon his brother to lend him the car.)

Eş anlamlılar: persuade, induce

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: prevail on someone, prevail upon someone