Prevailing and Sure

Prevailing

Prevailing adjective - Accepted, used, or practiced by most people.

Sure and prevailing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sure" instead an adjective "Prevailing".

Nearby Words: prevail, prevailed, prevailingly

Sure

Sure adjective - Having or showing a mind free from doubt.

Prevailing and sure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Prevailing" instead an adjective "Sure".

Nearby Word: surely

Both words in one sentence

  • Anime / Devil Survivor 2: The Animation Sure, their actual mission is admirable and important, and the anime justifies it thus, but the prevailing opinion even within the anime is that they don't need to be asshats about it.
  • Wings Do Nothing Borderline example: pegasus wings in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic do something to allow flight, but they sure as hell aren't providing lift in the usual way; "biological Anti Gravity drives" is the prevailing fanon.
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