1 adjective existing at particular timeit's difficult in the prevailing economic climatetá sé deacair agus cúrsaí eacnamaíochta mar atáthe prevailing weatheran aimsir atá ann faoi láthair2 adjective dominantthat was the prevailing viewb'in an ghnáth-thuairim a bhí ann, b'in an dearcadh ab fhorleithne
