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pre·vent
 prevent
- pronunciation:
- prih
vent
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
prevented, preventing, prevents |
| definition: |
to keep or stop from doing something or from occurring.
He prevented me from speaking.Let us prevent the decline of learning.- synonyms:
- avert, deter, forestall, frustrate, hinder, inhibit, preclude, stop
- antonyms:
- allow, enable, let, permit
- similar words:
- anticipate, balk, bar, discourage, foil, forbid, hamper, impede, obviate, prohibit, repress, restrain, thwart
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| related words: |
control, cross, inhibit, stop, veto, ward, withhold |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to present a hindrance or difficulty.
- synonyms:
- hinder
- similar words:
- balk, stop
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| related words: |
guard |
| derivations: |
preventable (adj.), preventer (n.) |
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