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prevailing wind

prevailing wind noun: a wind in a region of the Earth that blows predominantly from one direction.

Noun

prevailing wind (plural prevailing winds)

  1. A wind in a region of the Earth that blows predominantly from one direction.
    • The prevailing wind in the Roaring Forties is westerly.
    • West Midlands Mayor and WMCA Chairman Andy Street said: " A number of public infrastructure projects are facing understandable cost challenges, given the prevailing winds of inflation and supply chain pressures. […]"2023 April 5, “Network News: West Midlands Metro extension receives £60 million bail-out”, in RAIL, number 980, page 9

prevailing wind meaning in Tamil

prevailing wind in Tamil

நிகழ்காற்று

Forms of prevailing wind

pluralprevailing winds

Questions about prevailing wind

What does prevailing wind mean?
Prevailing wind means a wind in a region of the Earth that blows predominantly from one direction.
What is prevailing wind in Tamil?
Prevailing wind in Tamil is நிகழ்காற்று. See Prevailing wind meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is prevailing wind?
Prevailing wind is a noun.
What is the plural of prevailing wind?
The plural of prevailing wind is prevailing winds.

Words near prevailing wind in the dictionary

  1. prevaileth
  2. prevailing
  3. prevailing parties
  4. prevailing party
  5. prevailing upon
  6. prevailing wind
  7. prevailing winds
  8. prevailingly
  9. prevailingness
  10. prevailment
  11. prevailments

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prevailing wind (page history and authors); prevailing wind (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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