āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
forestall
/fÉËstËÉËl/
to forestall
01
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to stop something from happening by acting ahead of time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The government raised interest rates to forestall inflation.
āĻ¸āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to block another person's actions by intervening before they can act
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The lawyer forestalled the opposition's motion with a counterclaim.
āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŦ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
forestalling
forestall
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
