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- PREVENTING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
PREVENTING meaning: 1 present participle of prevent 2 to stop something from happening or someone from doing… Learn more
- PREVENT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
prevent, anticipate, forestall mean to deal with beforehand prevent implies taking advance measures against something possible or probable anticipate may imply merely getting ahead of another by being a precursor or forerunner or it may imply checking another's intention by acting first
- PREVENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
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 be prevented from leaving the country [V n from -ing] The police have been trying to prevent them carrying weapons [VERB noun verb-ing]
- Preventing - definition of preventing by The Free Dictionary
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 spreading 3 Archaic a To anticipate or counter in advance b To come before; precede To present an obstacle: There will be a picnic if nothing prevents
- prevent verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . .
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 army if an injury had not prevented her The government took steps to prevent a scandal
- 25 Synonyms Antonyms for PREVENTING | Thesaurus. com
Find 25 different ways to say PREVENTING, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus com
- preventing, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford . . .
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective preventing, three of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
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