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
PREVENTING Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Synonyms for PREVENTING: averting, precluding, avoiding, forestalling, helping, obviating, escaping, providing; Antonyms of PREVENTING: assisting, aiding, facilitating, abetting, promoting, easing, advancing, smoothing
Preventing - definition of preventing by The Free Dictionary To keep from happening; avert: took steps to prevent the strike 2 To keep (a person or thing) from doing something; impede: prevented us from winning; prevented the disease from spreading 3 Archaic a To anticipate or counter in advance b To come before; precede To present an obstacle: There will be a picnic if nothing prevents
PREVENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary To prevent someone from doing something means to make it impossible for them to do it He said this would prevent companies from creating new jobs [VERB noun + from] Its nationals may be prevented from leaving the country [V n from -ing] The police have been trying to prevent them carrying weapons [VERB noun verb-ing]