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US
/pɹiˈvɛnt, pɹɪˈvɛnt/
]
[ UK /pɹɪvˈɛnt/ ]
[ UK /pɹɪvˈɛnt/ ]
VERB
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keep from happening or arising; make impossible
My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project -
stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
Keep the child from eating the marbles
We must prevent the cancer from spreading
His snoring kept me from falling asleep
How To Use prevent In A Sentence
- They are essential atmospheric cladding which prevents the earth from becoming a frozen planet.
- In order to prevent the pipe buckling at the sagbend a horizontal tension was applied to the pipe by tensioners situated on the deck of the vessel.
- When things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. It's because a little piece gets lost - the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. The whole shape has changed. John Green
- In 2007, a jury let the Fairford Two off after they had broken into an RAF airbase to ground B-52 planes and prevent, they hoped, potential war crimes against Iraqi civilians.
- The receptors so produced pass into the blood, where they combine with the toxine which has been absorbed; the combination is a stable one, and the toxine is thus prevented from combining with the tissue cells. Disease and Its Causes
- Critics argue it was only Lottery money and government cash that prevented the Games from being a financial disaster.
- The chops should be cooked over moderate heat to prevent excessive charring.
- Marshals struggled in vain to prevent spectators rushing onto the racetrack.
- Follow-ups at regular intervals also focus on relapse prevention.
- As soon as this began to thicken, Neb carefully removed it with a wooden spatula; this accelerated the evaporation, and at the same time prevented it from contracting an empyreumatic flavor. The Mysterious Island