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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to prevent",
"word": "beletten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to prevent",
"word": "voorkomen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to prevent",
"word": "estää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to prevent",
"word": "empêcher"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to prevent",
"word": "prévenir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to prevent",
"word": "verhindern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to prevent",
"word": "unterbinden"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aposóvisi",
"sense": "to prevent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αποσόβηση"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to prevent",
"word": "prevenire"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to prevent",
"word": "whakataunahua"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to prevent",
"word": "prevenir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predotvraščátʹ",
"sense": "to prevent",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "предотвраща́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to prevent",
"word": "predupr(ij)editi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to prevent",
"word": "prevenir"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predugaždam",
"sense": "to anticipate",
"word": "предугаждам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to anticipate",
"word": "ennakoida"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to anticipate",
"word": "anticiper"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to anticipate",
"word": "zuvorkommen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to anticipate",
"word": "vorwegnehmen"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to anticipate",
"word": "anticipar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predvosxiščátʹ",
"sense": "to anticipate",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "предвосхища́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predvarjátʹ",
"sense": "to anticipate",
"word": "предваря́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to anticipate",
"word": "preduhitriti"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to anticipate",
"word": "förekomma"
}
],
"word": "forestall"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms prefixed with fore-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "forstal"
},
"expansion": "Middle English forstal",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "foresteall",
"4": "",
"5": "an intervention, hindrance (of justice), ambush, assault, offence of waylaying on the highway, fine for such an offence, resistance, opposition"
},
"expansion": "Old English foresteall (“an intervention, hindrance (of justice), ambush, assault, offence of waylaying on the highway, fine for such an offence, resistance, opposition”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fore",
"3": "stall"
},
"expansion": "fore- + stall",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English forstal, from Old English foresteall (“an intervention, hindrance (of justice), ambush, assault, offence of waylaying on the highway, fine for such an offence, resistance, opposition”), equivalent to fore- + stall.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "forestalls",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "forestall (plural forestalls)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with historical senses",
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue."
],
"links": [
[
"ambush",
"ambush"
],
[
"plot",
"plot"
],
[
"interception",
"interception"
],
[
"waylaying",
"waylaying"
],
[
"rescue",
"rescue"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete or historical) An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue."
],
"tags": [
"historical",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Something situated or placed in front."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɔː(ɹ).stɔːl/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-forestall2.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-forestall2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-forestall2.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-forestall2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-forestall2.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "foresteal"
},
{
"word": "forsteal"
},
{
"word": "forestal"
}
],
"word": "forestall"
}
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