Vocabulary
Prevalence
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the fact or condition of being prevalent; commonness.
Urdu meaning
غلبہ، پھیلاﺅ، اشاعت
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Although prevalence in the general population remains officially low at 0.1pc, UNAIDS modelling suggests that over 230,000 Pakistanis were living with the virus in 2022 a three-and-a-half-fold increase since 2010.
- In a country like Pakistan, the prevalence of gender-based violence, child marriage and abuse is alarming.
- In Pakistan, years lived with disability a product of prevalence and disability weight for women aged 10 to 24 years, due to breast cancer, is the highest in the world.
- The prevalence of informality is a mirror held up to the state.
- Socioeconomic distress, tradition, lack of education and poor enforcement of laws contribute to the prevalence of such atrocities.
Synonyms
commonness, widespread, currency, presence,pervasiveness, generality, universality
Antonyms
infrequence, infrequency, rareness,
Curator example
“the prevalence of obesity in adults”
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