Dictionary Definition
prevent
Verb
1 keep from happening or arising; have the effect
of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer" [syn:
forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid]
2 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" [syn: keep]
[ant: let]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From etyl enm preventen, from etyl la praeventus (past participle of praevenire), from prae + venire.Derived terms
Translations
to keep from happening
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 预防 (yùfáng)
- Czech: bránit, zabránit
- Dutch: verhinderen
- Finnish: estää, ehkäistä
- French: empêcher
- German: verhindern
- Greek: αποτρέπω (apotrépo)
- Hungarian: megakadályozni
- Italian: impedire, prevenire
- Japanese: 予防する (よぼうする, yobō suru)
- Korean: 막다 (makda), 방해하다 (banghaehada)
- Malayalam: തടയുക (thatayuka)
- Portuguese: impedir
- Russian: предотвращать (predotvraščát’)
- Spanish: impedir, prevenir
- Swedish: förhindra
- Telugu: నివారించు (nivaariMchu)
Extensive Definition
Prevention refers to:
- Prevention (medical)
- Prevention (magazine), a magazine about health in the United States
- Hazard prevention, the process of risk management and mitigation in emergency management
- Risk prevention
- Preventive maintenance
- Crime Prevention
prevent in Bulgarian: Профилактика
prevent in Czech: Prevence
prevent in German: Prävention
prevent in Spanish: Prevención
prevent in Dutch: Preventie
prevent in Simple English: Prevention
(disambiguation)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abort,
anticipate, arrest, avert, avoid, baffle, balk, ban, bar, block, check, control, curb, dam, debar, deflect, delay, deny, deter, disallow, discourage, dishearten, embargo, enjoin, estop, exclude, exclude from, fend, fend off, foil, forbid, foreclose, forestall, frustrate, hamper, help, hinder, impede, inhibit, intercept, interdict, interrupt, keep from, keep
off, mitigate, obstruct, obviate, outlaw, preclude, prohibit, proscribe, refuse, reject, repel, repress, restrain, retard, rule out, save, say no to, shut out, slow, stave off, suppress, taboo, thwart, turn aside, ward, ward off