prevent
/pɹɪˈvɛnt/verb2 syllables
Prevent means: keep from happening or arising; make impossible.
Synonyms for prevent8
verb, as in keep from happening or arising; make impossible
verb, as in stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
Opposites of prevent
What does prevent mean?2
verb
1
keep from happening or arising; make impossible“My sense of tact forbids an honest answer”
2
stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state“We must prevent the cancer from spreading”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with prevent?38
three syllables
Show 40 near rhymes
Prevent in a sentence
- Don't look for how to do it, find out how not to prevent yourself.bpeel
- That it does not prevent our dying is evident, because we all die.teapot
- Money cannot give talent, and sometimes it can prevent to reach it.belgavox
- Certain drugs, like alcohol, can prevent or hinder memory consolidation.megamanenm
- To prevent unwanted breeding, many pet owners will choose to neuter their pets.Rawrren
- To prevent hijacks, all carry-on baggage is carefully inspected.gin
- It's relatively easy to spread misinformation, but it's also easy to prevent.mccarras
- Chemotherapy and radiation cause hair loss, because they prevent cell division.paadraab
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of prevent
as a verb
- past tense
- prevented
- present participle
- preventing
- third-person singular
- prevents
- past participle
- prevented