prevent
Meaning of prevent
verb
- To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
I brush my teeth regularly to prevent them from turning yellow.
- To take preventative measures.
- To come before; to precede.
- To outdo, surpass.
- To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
Information about prevent
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of prevent is: prevents.
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Hyphenation of prevent
pre-vent
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- prevent is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
prevent synonyms
Meaning forestall:
forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Meaning keep:
Translation of prevent
- French: empêcher
- Portuguese: evitar
- Spanish: evitar, entrabar, impedir
- Italian: impedire, evitare, prevenire
- German: verhindern
Words that rhyme with prevent
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