How to pronounce prevent

Prevent

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Pronounce Prevent as P R EH V EH N T.

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to stop or thwart something from happening

prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid(verb)

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"

prevent, keep(verb)

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"

to keep from happening by taking action in advance

a lot of problems would have been prevented if we'd just prepared better

I was unable to prevent this.

There is nothing to prevent my going.

How can I prevent this from happening?

How can I prevent my cat from killing birds?

I stretch before exercising to prevent injury.

I hope we can prevent this from happening again.

I had to bite my lip to prevent myself from laughing.

To the best of my knowledge, this chemical will prevent germs from breeding.

She tried to prevent the rumor from spreading.

Tom tried to prevent Mary from joining the army.

proscribe rule out counter interdict keep veto preclude forestall prohibit foreclose forbid nix anticipate foresee close out disallow go along keep on celebrate go on restrain hold back save hold hold on retain keep back proceed maintain keep open observe hold open preserve sustain continue stay fresh obviate hinder obstruct bar neutralize nullify thwart intercept forefend frustrate checkmate HINDER stop impede interrupt avert preventing avoid prevention deter avoiding warn prevented prevents preventive impeding pre empt inhibit hamper block avoidance avoided discourage deny combat head off help stave off

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