prevent, anticipate, forestall mean to deal with beforehand. prevent implies taking advance measures against something possible or probable. anticipate may imply merely getting ahead …

PREVENTING definition: 1. present participle of prevent 2. to stop something from happening or someone from doing…. Learn more.

To prevent someone from doing something means to make it impossible for them to do it. He said this would prevent companies from creating new jobs. [VERB noun + from] Its nationals may …

To keep from happening; avert: took steps to prevent the strike. 2. To keep (a person or thing) from doing something; impede: prevented us from winning; prevented the disease from …

verb as in keep from happening or continuing. Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

to stop somebody from doing something; to stop something from happening. prevent something/somebody The accident could have been prevented. Maddie would have joined the …

Prevent definition: to keep from occurring; avert; hinder.. See examples of PREVENT used in a sentence.

Synonyms for PREVENTING: averting, precluding, avoiding, forestalling, helping, obviating, escaping, providing; Antonyms of PREVENTING: assisting, aiding, facilitating, abetting, …

The verb prevent means "to keep something from happening," like when you use a complicated password to prevent hackers from accessing your account.

Demonstrating and debating this diversity is a necessary step in preventing the violations that are so capably exposed by the author.