Synonyms for PREVENT: avert, preclude, avoid, forestall, obviate, help, escape, provide; Antonyms of PREVENT: assist, aid, facilitate, promote, encourage, ease, forward, abet.
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verb [ T ] uk / prɪˈvent / us / prɪˈvent / B1. to stop something from happening or someone from doing something: Label your suitcases to prevent confusion. [ + -ing verb ] His disability prevents him (from) driv ing. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to prevent something from happening.
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To prevent something means to ensure that it does not happen. These methods prevent pregnancy. [VERB noun] Further treatment will prevent cancer from developing. [VERB noun + from] We recognized the possibility and took steps to prevent it happening. [VERB noun verb-ing] Synonyms: stop, avoid, frustrate, restrain More Synonyms of prevent.
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Find 23 different ways to say PREVENTING, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.
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verb. These are words and phrases related to prevent. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of prevent. Vitamin C is supposed to prevent colds. We prevented him from committing a gross error. Synonyms. keep from occurring. defend against. counteract. fend off.
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to stop somebody from doing something; to stop something from happening. prevent something/somebody The accident could have been prevented. Maddie would have joined the army if an injury had not prevented her. The government took steps to prevent a scandal.
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The verb prevent means"to keep something from happening," like when you use a complicated password to prevent hackers from accessing your account. Prevent comes from the Latin word praeventus, meaning"to act in anticipation of," like when you shovel the icy, snow-covered sidewalk to prevent people from falling.
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Synonyms for PREVENTING: averting, precluding, avoiding, forestalling, helping, obviating, escaping, providing; Antonyms of PREVENTING: assisting, aiding, facilitating, abetting, promoting, easing, advancing, smoothing.
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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. To hamper is to clog or entangle or put an embarrassing restraint upon: to hamper preparations for a trip.
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PREVENT definition: 1. to stop something from happening or someone from doing something: 2. to stop something from…. Learn more.
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