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- 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
- prevent verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
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 definition: to keep from occurring; avert; hinder See examples of prevent used in a sentence
- Prevent - definition of prevent by The Free Dictionary
To prevent is to stop something effectually by forestalling action and rendering it impossible: to prevent the sending of a message To hamper is to clog or entangle or put an embarrassing restraint upon: to hamper preparations for a trip
- prevent - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
To prevent is to stop something effectually by forestalling action and rendering it impossible: to prevent the sending of a message To hamper is to clog or entangle or put an embarrassing restraint upon: to hamper preparations for a trip
- prevent, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
prevent, v meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
- American Heritage Dictionary Entry: prevent
These verbs mean to stop or hinder something from happening, especially by advance planning or action Prevent implies anticipatory counteraction: "Some contemporaries believed that capitalism and the rise of an international economy would prevent war among 'civilized' states" (John Howard Morrow)
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