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Nouns
1. (n.) prevalence;
  - the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread;
  - “he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future”;

2. (n.) 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;

3. (n.) preponderance, prevalence;
  - a superiority in numbers or amount;
  - “a preponderance of evidence against the defendant”;

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