prevent

prevent: verb

ADVERB

▪ effectively

▪ This new legislation effectively prevents us from trading.

▪ reliably, successfully

▪ a study to determine whether the brace can reliably prevent knee injuries

▪ possibly, potentially

▪ Better intelligence could have possibly prevented the attack.

▪ completely

▪ These barriers completely prevent new companies from entering the market.

▪ forcibly, physically

▪ thereby

▪ The drug inhibits the replication of cancer cells, thereby preventing their spread.

VERB + PREVENT

▪ be able to, be unable to, can

▪ No one can prevent you from attending this meeting.

▪ attempt to, seek to, take action to, take steps to, try to

▪ help (to)

▪ A good sunscreen will help prevent sunburn.

▪ be designed to

▪ be nothing to, do nothing to

▪ There's nothing to prevent these guys from copying our idea.

▪ The whole affair is an outrage and the authorities have done nothing to prevent it.

PREPOSITION

▪ from

▪ They took action to prevent the disease from spreading.

PHRASES

▪ aimed at preventing sth

▪ new measures aimed at preventing accidents

▪ action to prevent sth, measures to prevent sth

▪ an attempt to prevent sth

▪ in order to prevent sth

▪ Action must be swift in order to prevent further damage.

Prevent is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑cordon, ↑injunction, ↑injury, ↑restriction, ↑rule, ↑vaccine, ↑weather

Prevent is used with these nouns as the object: ↑abuse, ↑access, ↑accident, ↑accumulation, ↑act, ↑allergy, ↑anarchy, ↑attack, ↑bias, ↑blockage, ↑bloodshed, ↑boredom, ↑breach, ↑breakdown, ↑build-up, ↑cancer, ↑casualty, ↑cataract, ↑catastrophe, ↑change, ↑closure, ↑clot, ↑collapse, ↑collision, ↑communication, ↑competition, ↑completion, ↑complication, ↑conception, ↑conflict, ↑confusion, ↑constipation, ↑contact, ↑contamination, ↑corrosion, ↑corruption, ↑cramp, ↑crash, ↑creation, ↑crime, ↑crisis, ↑damage, ↑death, ↑decay, ↑decline, ↑defect, ↑dehydration, ↑delay, ↑demolition, ↑depletion, ↑depression, ↑destruction, ↑deterioration, ↑development, ↑disability, ↑disaster, ↑disease, ↑disorder, ↑dispute, ↑disruption, ↑disturbance, ↑draught, ↑duplication, ↑embarrassment, ↑emergence, ↑entry, ↑erosion, ↑error, ↑escalation, ↑escape, ↑establishment, ↑expansion, ↑exploitation, ↑explosion, ↑export, ↑extinction, ↑failure, ↑fall, ↑famine, ↑fatigue, ↑fire, ↑fit, ↑formation, ↑friction, ↑harm, ↑HIV, ↑illness, ↑immigration, ↑import, ↑incident, ↑inclusion, ↑infection, ↑infiltration, ↑influenza, ↑influx, ↑injury, ↑interference, ↑irritation, ↑killing, ↑leak, ↑loss, ↑malaria, ↑migraine, ↑mishap, ↑misunderstanding, ↑misuse, ↑movement, ↑occurrence, ↑onset, ↑outbreak, ↑passage, ↑penetration, ↑pollution, ↑practice, ↑pregnancy, ↑problem, ↑progression, ↑recession, ↑recurrence, ↑relapse, ↑release, ↑removal, ↑repetition, ↑sale, ↑scandal, ↑sickness, ↑slaughter, ↑slide, ↑spread, ↑stagnation, ↑starvation, ↑strike, ↑suicide, ↑swelling, ↑terrorism, ↑tragedy, ↑transmission, ↑vandalism, ↑violation, ↑war, ↑wastage, ↑wear, ↑wrinkle

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Synonyms:

Obstruct, stop, hinder, impede, thwart, intercept, preclude, interrupt, obviate, debar

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prevent — 1 Prevent, anticipate, forestall can mean to be or get ahead of or to deal with beforehand, with reference especially to a thing s due time or to its actual occurrence or to the action of another. Prevent implies frustration (as of an intention… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
prevent — When prevent is followed by an object + verbal noun, the usual construction now is (for example) prevent him going or prevent him from going, rather than prevent his going, which (though considered formally more correct by some) is falling out of … Modern English usage
PReVENT — is a European automotive industry activity co funded by the European Commission to contribute to road safety by developing and demonstrating preventive safety applications and technologies. Preventive and active safety applications help drivers… … Wikipedia
Prevent — Pre*vent , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prevented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preventing}.] [L. praevenire, praeventum; prae before + venire to come. See {Come}.] 1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] We… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prevent — I verb arrest, avert, avoid, baffle, balk, bar, block, check, checkmate, circumvent, contest, counter, counteract, countercheck, cut off, debar, defeat, deflect, delay, detain, deter, discourage, estop, fend off, foil, forbid, foreclose,… … Law dictionary
prevent — pre‧vent [prɪˈvent] verb [transitive] to stop something happening, or someone doing something: • government regulators working to prevent fraud prevent somebody/something (from) doing something • The region s huge economic problems will prevent… … Financial and business terms
prevent — [prē vent′, privent′] vt. [ME preventen < L praeventus, pp. of praevenire, to anticipate < prae , before (see PRE ) + venire, to COME] 1. Obs. a) to act in anticipation of (an event or a fixed time) b) to anticipate (a need, objection,… … English World dictionary
Prevent — Pre*vent , v. i. To come before the usual time. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Strawberries . . . will prevent and come early. Bacon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prevent — (v.) early 15c., to act in anticipation of, from L. praeventus, pp. of praevenire come before, anticipate, hinder, in L.L. also to prevent, from prae before (see PRE (Cf. pre )) + venire to come (see VENUE (Cf. venue)). Originally literal; sense… … Etymology dictionary
prevent — [v] keep from happening or continuing anticipate, arrest, avert, avoid, baffle, balk, bar, block, check, chill*, cool, cork, counter, counteract, dam, debar, defend against, foil, forbid, forestall, forfend, frustrate, halt, hamper, head off,… … New thesaurus
prevent — ► VERB 1) keep from happening or arising. 2) stop (someone) from doing something. ● prevention is better than cure Cf. ↑prevention is better than cure DERIVATIVES preventable adjective prevention … English terms dictionary

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