- We must also relax immigration laws to prevent people from being driven to take these desperate remedies.
- Pragmatic randomized trial of antenatal intervention to prevent postnatal depression by reducing psychosocial risk factors.
- These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'prevent.'
- - Her friends had to padlock the freezer to prevent her from eating ice cream.
- Denobulan medical ethics prevent me from treating patients against their will. ... They threaten to kill me and prevent me from continuing my education.
- (Deuteronomy 23:12-14) This must have been a tiresome chore in view of the size of the camp, but it doubtless helped prevent such diseases as typhoid fever and...
- From Middle English preventen (“anticipate”), from Latin praeventus, perfect passive participle of praeveniō (“I anticipate”), from prae (“before”) + veniō (“I come”).
- (nautical) An arrangement, made with ropes and blocks, that prevents the boom of a sailing boat from performing a jibe.
- Synonyms: prevent, preclude, avert, obviate, forestall These verbs mean to stop or hinder something from happening, especially by advance planning or action.
- To prevent is to stop something effectually by forestalling action and rendering it impossible: to prevent the sending of a message.