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Detailed Synonyms for prevent in English

prevent:

to prevent verbe (prevents, prevented, preventing)

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

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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