- PREVENT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
prevent, anticipate, forestall mean to deal with beforehand prevent implies taking advance measures against something possible or probable anticipate may imply merely getting ahead of another by being a precursor or forerunner or it may imply checking another's intention by acting first
- PREVENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
PREVENT definition: 1 to stop something from happening or someone from doing something: 2 to stop something from… Learn more
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Definition of prevent verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- PREVENT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Prevent, hamper, hinder, impede refer to different degrees of stoppage of action or progress To prevent is to stop something effectually by forestalling action and rendering it impossible: to prevent the sending of a message
- PREVENT definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
To prevent something means to ensure that it does not happen These methods prevent pregnancy Further treatment will prevent cancer from developing
- prevent - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
prevent (third-person singular simple present prevents, present participle preventing, simple past and past participle prevented) I brush my teeth regularly to prevent tooth decay
- prevent, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
prevent, v meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
- prevent - definition and meaning - Wordnik
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition intransitive verb To keep from happening; avert intransitive verb To keep (a person or thing) from doing something; impede intransitive verb To anticipate or counter in advance intransitive verb To come before; precede intransitive verb To present an obstacle
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