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prevent
Overview of verb prevent
The verb prevent has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (63) prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid -- (keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project")
2. (40) prevent, keep -- (prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles")
Grep of noun prevent
preventative
prevention
preventive
preventive attack
preventive medicine
preventive strike
Antonyms of verb prevent
1 of 2 senses of prevent
Sense 2
prevent, keep
Antonym of let (Sense 1)
=>let, allow, permit
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb prevent
2 senses of prevent
Sense 1
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Sense 2
prevent, keep
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb prevent
2 senses of prevent
Sense 1
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
=> save, make unnecessary
=> debar, 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, block, kibosh
Sense 2
prevent, keep
=> defend
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
=> hold
=> keep away
=> blank
=> impede, hinder
=> rain out, wash out
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb prevent
2 senses of prevent
Sense 1
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Sense 2
prevent, keep
'Cause To' of verb prevent
Derived Forms of verb prevent
2 senses of prevent
Sense 1
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
RELATED TO>(adj) preventive#2
=> preventive, preventative
RELATED TO>(adj) preventative#1
=> preventive, preventative
Sense 2
prevent, keep
RELATED TO>(adj) preventive#2
=> preventive, preventative
RELATED TO>(adj) preventative#1
=> preventive, preventative
RELATED TO>(noun) prevention#1
=> prevention, bar
Domain of verb prevent
Domain Terms of verb prevent
Familiarity of verb prevent
prevent used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb prevent
2 senses of prevent
Sense 1
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
prevent, keep
EX: They prevent him from writing the letter
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb prevent
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb prevent
Sense 1
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
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Sense 2
prevent, keep
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Grep of verb prevent
prevent
Grep of adj prevent
preventable
preventative
preventive
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