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Synonyms for prevent in English

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  1. prevent:

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Detailed Synonyms for prevent in English

prevent:

to prevent verb (prevents, prevented, preventing)

  1. to prevent
    – keep from happening or arising; make impossible 1
    to obstruct; to keep from
    • obstruct verb (obstructs, obstructed, obstructing)
    • keep from verb (keeps from, kept from, keeping from)
    to prevent
    – keep from happening or arising; make impossible 1
    • prevent verb (prevents, prevented, preventing)
  2. to prevent
    – keep from happening or arising; make impossible 1
    to hinder; to oppose; to thwart; to sabotage; to cross; to stem; to upset; to stop
    • hinder verb (hinders, hindered, hindering)
    • oppose verb (opposes, opposed, opposing)
    • thwart verb (thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)
    • sabotage verb (sabotages, sabotaged, sabotaging)
    • cross verb (crosss, crossed, crossing)
    • stem verb (stems, stemmed, stemming)
    • upset verb (upsets, upset, upsetting)
    • stop verb (stops, stopped, stopping)
    to prevent
    – keep from happening or arising; make impossible 1
    • prevent verb (prevents, prevented, preventing)
  3. to prevent
    – keep from happening or arising; make impossible 1
    to avert; to keep out
    • avert verb (averts, averted, averting)
    • keep out verb (keeps out, kept out, keeping out)
    to prevent
    – keep from happening or arising; make impossible 1
    • prevent verb (prevents, prevented, preventing)
  4. to prevent
    – keep from happening or arising; make impossible 1
    to prevent
    – keep from happening or arising; make impossible 1
    • prevent verb (prevents, prevented, preventing)
    provide against
  5. to prevent
    – keep from happening or arising; make impossible 1
    to prevent; to preclude; to forbid; to forestall; foreclose
    – keep from happening or arising; make impossible 1
    • prevent verb (prevents, prevented, preventing)
    • preclude verb (precludes, precluded, precluding)
      • Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project1
    • forbid verb (forbids, forbade, forbidding)
      • My sense of tact forbids an honest answer1
    • forestall verb (forestalls, forestalled, forestalling)
    • foreclose verb
  6. to prevent
    – stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state 1
    to restrain; to dissuade; to hold back; to obstruct; to discourage; to stop
    • restrain verb (restrains, restrained, restraining)
    • dissuade verb (dissuades, dissuaded, dissuading)
    • hold back verb (holds back, held back, holding back)
    • obstruct verb (obstructs, obstructed, obstructing)
    • discourage verb (discourages, discouraged, discouraging)
    • stop verb (stops, stopped, stopping)
    to prevent
    – stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state 1
    • prevent verb (prevents, prevented, preventing)
      • We must prevent the cancer from spreading1
  7. to prevent
    – stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state 1
    to prevent; to keep
    – stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state 1
    • prevent verb (prevents, prevented, preventing)
      • We must prevent the cancer from spreading1
    • keep verb (keeps, kept, keeping)
      • His snoring kept me from falling asleep1

Conjugations for prevent:

present
  1. prevent
  2. prevent
  3. prevents
  4. prevent
  5. prevent
  6. prevent
simple past
  1. prevented
  2. prevented
  3. prevented
  4. prevented
  5. prevented
  6. prevented
present perfect
  1. have prevented
  2. have prevented
  3. has prevented
  4. have prevented
  5. have prevented
  6. have prevented
past continuous
  1. was preventing
  2. were preventing
  3. was preventing
  4. were preventing
  5. were preventing
  6. were preventing
future
  1. shall prevent
  2. will prevent
  3. will prevent
  4. shall prevent
  5. will prevent
  6. will prevent
continuous present
  1. am preventing
  2. are preventing
  3. is preventing
  4. are preventing
  5. are preventing
  6. are preventing
subjunctive
  1. be prevented
  2. be prevented
  3. be prevented
  4. be prevented
  5. be prevented
  6. be prevented
diverse
  1. prevent!
  2. let's prevent!
  5. prevented
  6. preventing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

prevent

  1. prevent
    – keep from happening or arising; make impossible 1
    prevent
    – keep from happening or arising; make impossible 1
    avert; ward off

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Related Definitions for "prevent":

  1. stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state1
    • We must prevent the cancer from spreading1
  2. keep from happening or arising; make impossible1







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