prevent
pre
prÉĒ
pri
vent
ˈvɛnt
vent
/prÉĒˈvɛnt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "prevent"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to not let someone do something
Transitive: to prevent sb/sth from sth
to prevent definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She tried to prevent her younger brother from eating too much candy before dinner.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ­āĻžāχāϕ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to stop something from happening
Transitive: to prevent sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The security measures in place prevent unauthorized access to the building.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāϤ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ­āĻŦāύ⧇ āĻ…āύāύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

preventable
preventative
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