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prevent English

Meaning prevent meaning

What does prevent mean?
Definitions in simple English

prevent Verb

— When you prevent something, you stop it from happening. To prevent accidents, you must do everything with care. No one can prevent us from going.

prevent

— verb (= 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 — verb (= 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

Synonyms prevent synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as prevent?

prevent English » English

hinder stop obstruct impede block avert forbid forestall check inhibit bar preclude deter ward off prohibit obviate thwart restrain oppose keep hamper defend Hinder protect hold back detain stave off retard delay warn interrupt intercept halt foreclose disturb bother ban anticipate trammel restrict hold head off guard against frustrate discourage curb cumber be in the way avoid turn away

Topics prevent topics

What do people use prevent to talk about?
Physical actions Move Pursue

Prevent from moving
Language and thought Want Ask permission

Prevent

Conjugation prevent conjugation

How do you conjugate prevent?

prevent · verb

Examples prevent examples

How do I use prevent in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I did my best to prevent this.
It is better to prevent evil than punish it by another evil thereafter.
Nothing can prevent her from marrying him.
To prevent the disease from spreading quickly was not an easy task.
This chemical will prevent germs from breeding.
We must prevent this type of incident from recurring.
There is nothing to prevent my going.
We took strong measures to prevent it.
His leg will prevent him from participating in a tennis tournament.
We have to take steps to prevent air pollution.
The difficulties of the Japanese language prevent all but a handful of foreigners from approaching the literature in the original.
You cannot prevent him from drinking.
They tried to prevent the news from leaking out.
She tried to prevent the rumor from spreading.
Are we able to prevent disease?
We must prevent a war by all possible means.
We must prevent war at any cost.
To prevent hijacks, all carry-on baggage is carefully inspected.
We must take measures to prevent traffic accidents.
I had to bite my lip to prevent myself from laughing.
To the best of my knowledge, this chemical will prevent germs from breeding.
It is essential to prevent salmonella contamination in hen egg production.

Movie subtitles

And we do prevent disasters.
But I accept twelve thousand marks.that will prevent it falling into someone else's hands.
A baffling loss of blood that we've been unable to prevent.
Very foreseeing of her to prevent my grandfather drinking this.
I'M WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO PREVENT THIS WAR.
I HAVE TAKEN IT UPON MYSELF TO MAKE ONE FINAL EFFORT TO PREVENT WAR.
Well, what's to prevent our taking it away from you?
As I was saying, the important thing is to prevent you people. from filing claim on this charming site before we do.
When wholesalers refuse to pay tribute the racketeers prevent them from moving shipments.
Something violent and foolish, unless I prevent it.
What's to prevent your killing me if--?
Now you're gonna be a glorified hero in death, and I want to prevent that, Rocky.
No, Joss will prevent being held.
To prevent it from you saves lives a second time in 24 hours!
We came to see Abd el-Kader to prevent a new outbreak.
To prevent that from occurring, fundamental changes to their kind need to be made.
I'm willing to do anything to prevent this war.
What's to prevent your killing me if.?
Inspector Lane believes the only way to prevent crime is to catch the crook and put him away behind bars.
This will prevent the cord from cutting your wrists.
To prevent his expulsion, he'll hold up this deficiency bill, vital to this country, which must be passed today!
It shouldn't prevent you from sitting down.
I'll do everything possible to prevent him from seeing it.
What's to prevent it?
We are not questioning your authority, sir. But if manners prevent our speaking the truth, we will be without manners.
On behalf of Freedonia's women, I make one final effort to prevent war.
It's the truth and nothing can prevent it but life insurance.
The lady is right and nothing can prevent it but life insurance.
No, I'm the one who's sorry. I've been with you so long, but I couldn't prevent this.
What's to prevent me from thinking about you all day?
What's to prevent them from turning the page?
YOU COULD NOT PREVENT HIM.
About six months ago. Long after the planning of this Will. The deceased sought to prevent creditors from seizing the property so..
Let me advance you enough money to prevent this rush into trade.
To prevent the contagion.

News and current affairs

Cutting speed limits to, say, 10 kilometers per hour would prevent most accidents and save many lives.
If they are fully informed of the risks, and are still willing to fly - perhaps the crew has been offered more money, as workers in dangerous occupations often are - should we prevent them from making the decision to fly?
Subsequently, the EU would monitor Kosovo and prevent any dispute that might turn violent.
Obama clearly recognizes that the NPT needs to be strengthened in order to prevent countries from turning their civil nuclear-power capacity into weapons.
Sadly, we are doing less than is possible to prevent things from getting worse and doing less than necessary to protect ourselves from the consequences.
Such a break is the only way to prevent over-speculation in the RMB, although de-pegging may cause some initial devaluation under current market conditions.
Without fish, seaweed dominance will prevent that recovery.
Yitzhak Rabin believed that an Israeli-Arab peace could prevent a nuclear Iran, but now his nightmare seems rapidly approaching.
Financial and scientific help from rich countries is important not only for humanitarian reasons, but also to prevent failed states from becoming sources of disorder for the rest of the world.
What Johnson failed to foresee were the domestic and regional constraints that would prevent the dominos from falling in the way he predicted.
After gaining Security Council support, the US, Europe, and some Arab countries began doing exactly what should be expected of the international community when a government is preparing to butcher its own citizens: prevent the slaughter.
Obama would steer America in the direction of European social-welfare states; Romney's agenda is designed to prevent that.
Unstable coalitions in Iran prevent any substantive negotiations between the two countries, while political fragmentation in Pakistan significantly hinders US policy there.
Ironic, then, that America's nuclear weapons development program may promote the very proliferation it seeks to prevent, as US Senator Dianne Feinstein explains.
Moreover, it is inconsistent with the inescapable fact that, whatever we do, we cannot prevent all of global warming's effects.
Of course, such a convention will not prevent all future acts of terrorism.
They see a declining superpower using economic, military, and diplomatic means in an unrelenting effort to prevent China's rise.
Given this, the EU should be doing its utmost to prevent any deterioration of the region's security.
And even as the Cold War raged, leaders found ways to cooperate on arms control and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
Romney's agenda is designed to prevent that.
And yet the authorities clearly believe that they had to make an example of him, to prevent others from expressing similar views.
We need solutions that will prevent environmental catastrophe and that are equitable for every human being.
Though determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, even if doing so requires military action, the US weighs the consequences of a military showdown in very different terms.

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