| VERB | social | prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid | keep from happening / happening or arising |
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| social | prevent, keep | stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state |
| Sounds | prihveh'nt; priyveh'nt | |
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| Rhymes | accent ... vent: 69 rhymes with ehnt... | |
| Meaning | Keep from happening / happening or arising; make impossible. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid | |
| Narrower | debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off | prevent the occurrence of |
| inhibit | Limit the range or extent of | |
| obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass | hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | |
| save, make unnecessary | make unnecessary an expenditure or effort | |
| stop, halt, block, kibosh | Stop from happening / happening or developing | |
| thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | |
| Spanish | estorbar, evitar, impedir, imposibilitar, prevenir, prohibir | |
| Catalan | destorbar, evitar, impedir, impossibilitar, prevenir, prohibir | |
| Adjectives | preventive, preventative | tending to prevent or hinder |
| Meaning | Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | They prevent him from writing the letter | |
| Example | "We must prevent the cancer from spreading" | |
| Synonym | keep | |
| Narrower | blank | Keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning |
| defend | Be on the defensive | |
| exclude, keep out, shut out, shut | prevent from entering | |
| hold | Keep from departing | |
| impede, hinder | Be a hindrance or obstacle to | |
| keep away | prevent from coming close | |
| rain out, wash out | prevent or interrupt due to rain | |
| restrain | Prevent (someone or something) from doing something | |
| restrict | Prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed | |
| Opposite | let, allow, permit | make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen / happen |
| Similar to | keep | hold and prevent from leaving |
| Spanish | entrabar, evitar, impedir, prevenir | |
| Catalan | evitar, impedir, prevenir | |
| Adjectives | preventive, preventative | tending to prevent or hinder |
| Nouns | prevention | the act of preventing / preventing |
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