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    [prēˈvent]
    verb
    prevent (verb) · prevents (third person present) · prevented (past tense) · prevented (past participle) · preventing (present participle)
    1. keep (something) from happening or arising:
      "action must be taken to prevent further accidents"
      • make (someone or something) unable to do something:
        "window locks won't prevent a determined burglar from getting in"
    2. archaic
      (of God) go before (someone) with spiritual guidance and help.
    Origin
    late Middle English (in the sense ‘act in anticipation of’): from Latin praevent- ‘preceded, hindered’, from the verb praevenire, from prae ‘before’ + venire ‘come’.
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    1. keep (something) from happening or arising:
      stop
      put a stop to
      avert
      fend off
      stave off
      ward off
      head off
      shut out
      block
      intercept
      halt
      arrest
      check
      stay
      hinder
      impede
      hamper
      obstruct
      balk
      foil
      thwart
      obviate
      cheat
      frustrate
      forestall
      counteract
      inhibit
      hold back
      curb
      restrain
      preclude
      preempt
      save
      help
      suppress
      disallow
      prohibit
      forbid
      proscribe
      exclude
      debar
      bar
      deter
      let
      nip in the bud
      turn aside
      Opposite:
      allow
      cause
      encourage

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    What does it mean to prevent something from happening?1. to keep from occurring; stop: to prevent illness. 2. to stop from doing something: There is nothing to prevent us from going. 3. Archaic. a. to act ahead of; forestall. b. to precede. c. to anticipate. 4. to interpose a hindrance: We will come if nothing prevents. pre•vent`a•bil′ty, n. pre•vent′er, n.

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