adjectiveaidiacht1existing at particular timeit's difficult in the prevailing economic climatetá sé deacair agus cúrsaí eacnamaíochta mar atáthe prevailing weatheran aimsir atá ann faoi láthair2dominantthat was the prevailing viewb'in an ghnáth-thuairim a bhí ann, b'in an dearcadh ab fhorleithne