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prevent

/ prevent /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
prevent from doing something or being in a certain state
"We must prevent the cancer from spreading"
"His snoring kept me from falling asleep"
"Keep the child from eating the marbles"
Opposites:
let allow permit
Kinds of:
defend restrain suppress keep keep back
Derived:
prevention bar
Verb group:
keep
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing
"My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
Kinds of:
save make unnecessary debar obviate deflect
Derived:
obviation forestalling preclusion
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
41%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
19
Times Searched
2
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defend restrain suppress keep keep back let allow permit save make unnecessary debar obviate