prevent
21prevent — pre|vent W1S2 [prıˈvent] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of praevenire to come before ] to stop something from happening, or stop someone from doing something ▪ The rules are intended to prevent accidents. prevent… …
22prevent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. preclude, hinder, stop, check, impede, forestall, avert, restrain, prohibit. See prohibition, hindrance. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. preclude, obviate, forestall, avert, anticipate, block, arrest, stop …
23prevent — often appears incorrectly in sentences such as this: They tried to prevent him leaving. It should be either They tried to prevent his leaving or They tried to prevent him from leaving. See gerunds (2) …
24prevent — often appears incorrectly in sentences such as this: They tried to prevent him leaving. It should be either They tried to prevent his leaving or They tried to prevent him from leaving. See gerunds2 …
25prevent — /prI vent/ verb (T) to stop something from happening, or stop someone from doing something: The rules are intended to prevent accidents. | prevent sb/sth (from) doing sth: Lacey has a back injury that may prevent him from playing in tomorrow s… …
26prevent — verb /pɹɪˈvɛnt/ a) To stop; to keep (from happening). I brushed my teeth to prevent them from going yellow. b) To take preventative measures. ‘I think you must be mad, and she shall not have a glimpse of it whi …
27prevent — [15] If you prevent someone, you ‘come before’ them (and indeed that literal meaning of the verb survived for some time: Thomas Cromwell wrote in 1538 ‘I have sent it unto him after the departure of the said Muriell, to the intent he might… …
28prevent — [15] If you prevent someone, you ‘come before’ them (and indeed that literal meaning of the verb survived for some time: Thomas Cromwell wrote in 1538 ‘I have sent it unto him after the departure of the said Muriell, to the intent he might… …
29prevent — See prevent, hinder …
30prevent — verb how can any one agency prevent drug trafficking? Syn: stop, put a stop to, avert, nip in the bud, fend off, stave off, ward off; hinder, impede, hamper, obstruct, balk, foil, thwart, forestall, counteract, inhibit, curb …
