prevent
1. keep from happening or arising;
make impossible (Freq. 62)
- My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
- Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
• Syn:
forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
• Derivationally related forms:
preclusion (for: preclude), forestalling (for: forestall), preventive, preventative
• Hyponyms:
save, make unnecessary, debar, forefend, forfend,
obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off,
avoid, ward off, obstruct, blockade, block, hinder,
stymie, stymy, embarrass, thwart, queer, spoil,
scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk,
stop, halt, kibosh
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state (Freq. 40)
- 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
• Derivationally related forms:
preventive, preventative, prevention
• Hyponyms:
defend, exclude, keep out, shut out, shut,
shut, keep away, blank, impede, hinder,
rain out, wash out
• Verb Group:
keep
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They prevent him from writing the letter
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