PREVENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of prevent in English

(Definition of prevent from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of prevent from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of prevent

prevent
Note that this phenomenon has a purely inertial character; viscous forces cannot prevent it, although these forces guarantee the space regularity of the solution.
Pragmatic randomized trial of antenatal intervention to prevent postnatal depression by reducing psychosocial risk factors.
An inefficient tax system could thus have survived if political rigidities prevented a ruler from changing it.
Ximelagatran acts by binding directly to free and clot-bound thrombin, thereby preventing the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin, the primary component of blood clots (28).
He found that serious injury was rare following an incident as either intervention or luck tended to prevent significant harm in the majority of cases.
Do school-based social skills training programs prevent alcohol use among young people?
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Unfortunately, the logarithm prevents every useful factorization of such an average and makes this method impracticable.
This simple mechanism prevents the optimizer from trying to run through walls.
The effect of downregulating the signalling pathways is to push deterioration back in time, not to prevent it.
This research did not prevent any human beings coming into existence who would otherwise have come into existence.
An intending swimmer is prevented from entering the sea, because (it is reasonable to suppose) this person does not realize that the tides are dangerous.
Different perceptions of land claims and differing patterns of land use prevented the possibility of mutual accommodation.
That is uncertainty to such a degree that it prevents a clear-cut decision, but whose resolution will enable a definite decision to be made.
Here we just recall the basic definitions to prevent confusion.
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Translations of prevent

in Chinese (Traditional)
阻止,妨礙, 預防…
in Chinese (Simplified)
阻止,妨碍, 预防…
in Spanish
impedir, evitar, prevenir…
in Portuguese
evitar, impedir…
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टाळणे, अटकाव…
~を防ぐ, 阻止する, 防止する…
önlemek, engel olmak, önüne geçmek…
empêcher, prévenir, éviter…
impedir, evitar…
beletten, voorkómen…
ஏதாவது நடப்பதைத் தடுக்க அல்லது யாராவது ஏதாவது செய்வதைத் தடுக்க…
(कुछ होने से या किसी को कुछ करने से) रोकना…
રોકવું…
forhindre…
hindra, förhindra…
menghalang…
hindern…
hindre, forhindre, forebygge…
روکنا, منع کرنا…
заважати, перешкоджати…
предотвращать, препятствовать…
ఏదైనా జరగకుండా లేదా ఎవరైనా ఏదైనా చేయకుండా ఆపు…
يَمْنَع…
এড়িয়ে যাওয়া, বাধা দেওয়া…
zabránit…
mencegah…
ป้องกัน…
ngăn chặn…
zapobiegać, uniemożliwiać, powstrzymać…
(-가 일어나지 못하도록, 못 하도록) 막다…
prevenire, evitare, impedire…
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