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Definition & Meaning of "prevalence"in English

Prevalence
01

the state or quality of existing or happening every commonly in a specific place or at a specific time 

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Examples
The prevalence of smartphones has changed the way people communicate. 
02

a superiority in numbers or amount 

03

(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 

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