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prevailing winds

prevailing winds is the plural of prevailing wind.

Meaning of prevailing wind

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.

Questions about prevailing winds

What is prevailing winds the plural of?
Prevailing winds is the plural of prevailing wind.

Words near prevailing winds in the dictionary

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

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