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1. (v.t.) prevent
to keep from occurring; stop:
to prevent illness.
2. prevent
to stop from doing something:
There is nothing to prevent us from going.
3. prevent
Archaic.
4. prevent
to act ahead of; forestall.
5. prevent
to precede.
6. prevent
to anticipate.
7. (v.i.) prevent
to interpose a hindrance:
We will come if nothing prevents.
Etymology: (1375–1425; < L praeventus, ptp. of praevenīre to anticipate =prae-pre - +venīre to come)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
"My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
2. (verb) prevent, keep
stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
"We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"
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1. (verb) prevent
to stop from happening or being done
It's impossible to prevent all illnesses.; She tried to prevent him from getting in.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) PREVENT
to go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct
2. (verb) PREVENT
to be beforehand with; to anticipate
3. (verb) PREVENT
to intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart
4. (verb) PREVENT
to come before the usual time
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Sense: to stop (someone doing something or something happening)
He prevented me from going.
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 Afrikaans: voorkom |
 Arabic: يَمْنَع |
 Bulgarian: предотвратявам |
 Brazilian: impedir |
 Czech: zabránit |
 German: hindern |
 Danish: forhindre |
 Greek: εμποδίζω, αποτρέπω |
 Spanish: impedir |
 Estonian: takistama |
 Farsi: مانع شدن |
 Finnish: estää |
 French: empêcher (de) |
 Hebrew: לִמנוֹעַ |
 Hindi: रोकना |
 Croatian: spriječiti |
 Hungarian: (meg)akadályoz; megelőz |
 Indonesian: mencegah |
 Icelandic: hindra |
 Italian: impedire |
 Japanese: じゃまする |
 Korean: 방해하다 |
 Lithuanian: sulaikyti, sutrukdyti, už |
 Latvian: atturēt; aizkavēt; novērs |
 Malay: menghalang |
 Dutch: beletten, voorkómen |
 Norwegian: (for)hindre, forebygge |
 Polish: powstrzymać |
 Persian: مانع شدن |
 Pashto: مانع كيدل |
 Portuguese: impedir |
 Romanian: aîmpiedica |
 Russian: предотвращать; препятство |
 Slovak: zabrániť |
 Slovenian: preprečiti |
 Serbian: sprečiti |
 Swedish: hindra, förhindra |
 Thai: ป้องกัน |
 Turkish: önlemek |
 Taiwanese: 阻止，防止 |
 Ukrainian: заважати, перешкоджати |
 Urdu: روکنا، باز رکھنا |
 Vietnamese: ngăn chặn |
 Chinese: 阻止，防止 |
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