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"word": "prevent defense"
},
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"word": "preventative"
},
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"word": "prevention"
},
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"word": "preventive"
}
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"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gʷem-"
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "preventen",
"t": "anticipate"
},
"expansion": "Middle English preventen (“anticipate”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "praeventus"
},
"expansion": "Latin praeventus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "praeveniō",
"t": "I anticipate"
},
"expansion": "praeveniō (“I anticipate”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "prae",
"t": "before"
},
"expansion": "prae (“before”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "veniō",
"t": "I come"
},
"expansion": "veniō (“I come”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English preventen (“anticipate”), from Latin praeventus, perfect passive participle of praeveniō (“I anticipate”), from prae (“before”) + veniō (“I come”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "prevents",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "preventing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "prevented",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "prevented",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "prevent (third-person singular simple present prevents, present participle preventing, simple past and past participle prevented)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"pre‧vent"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I brush my teeth regularly to prevent tooth decay.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Scotland must now hope Georgia produce a huge upset and beat Argentina by at least eight points in Sunday's final Pool B match to prevent them failing to make the last eight for the first time in World Cup history.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something)."
],
"id": "en-prevent-en-verb-cD4IhEqp",
"links": [
[
"stop",
"stop"
],
[
"keep from",
"keep from"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "manaʕa",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "مَنَعَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "manaʕ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "منع"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "praduxiljácʹ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "прадухіля́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "praduxilícʹ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "прадухілі́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predotvratjavam",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "предотвратявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poprečvam",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "попречвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "impedir"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "prevenir"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "預防"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yùfáng",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "预防"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fángzhǐ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "防止"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "bránit"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "zabránit"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "forhindre"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "verhinderen"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "voorkomen"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "malhelpi"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "malebligi"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "preventi"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "ennetama"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "estää"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "ehkäistä"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "empêcher"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "impedir"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "verhindern"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "vorbeugen"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "etwas daran hindern (zu geschehen)"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "analatjan",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apotrépo",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "αποτρέπω"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kōlúō",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "κωλύω"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "anpeche"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "maná'",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "מָנַע"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "megakadályoz"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "meggátol"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "megelőz"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "estää"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "essyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "urghair"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "coisc"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "impedire"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "prevenire"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"alt": "よぼうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yobō suru",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "予防する"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "makda",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "막다"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "banghaehada",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "방해하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "arceō"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "mencegah"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "taṭayuka",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "തടയുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "doigomšombi",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "ᡩᠣᡳᡤᠣᠮᡧᠣᠮᠪᡳ"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "whakahōtaetae"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "whakakati"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "forebygge"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zapobiegać"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zapobiec"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "impedir"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "prevenir"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "preveni"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "preîntâmpina"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predotvraščátʹ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "предотвраща́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predotvratítʹ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "предотврати́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mešátʹ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "меша́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pomešátʹ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "помеша́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "спре́чити"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "спреча́вати"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "spréčiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "sprečávati"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "impedir"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "prevenir"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "förhindra"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "förebygga"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "iwasan"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "nivāriñcu",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "నివారించు"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zapobiháty",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "запобіга́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zapobíhty",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "запобі́гти"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "ngăn"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "ngăn chặn"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "atal"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 4 25 11 5",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "rhwystro"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To take preventative measures."
],
"id": "en-prevent-en-verb-WJYT1Oqc",
"links": [
[
"preventative",
"preventative"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "6 3 58 31 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To come before; to precede."
],
"id": "en-prevent-en-verb-pmalnFkE",
"links": [
[
"precede",
"precede"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To outdo, surpass."
],
"id": "en-prevent-en-verb-~DJfIyI2",
"links": [
[
"outdo",
"outdo"
],
[
"surpass",
"surpass"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, transitive) To outdo, surpass."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To be beforehand with; to anticipate."
],
"id": "en-prevent-en-verb-EIzEX2PR",
"links": [
[
"beforehand",
"beforehand"
],
[
"anticipate",
"anticipate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, transitive) To be beforehand with; to anticipate."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɹɪˈvɛnt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɹəˈvɛnt/",
"note": "weak vowel merger"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛnt"
},
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"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "prævent"
}
],
"word": "prevent"
}
{
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷem-",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Requests for review of Malay translations",
"Rhymes:English/ɛnt",
"Rhymes:English/ɛnt/2 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "prevent defense"
},
{
"word": "preventative"
},
{
"word": "prevention"
},
{
"word": "preventive"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gʷem-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "preventen",
"t": "anticipate"
},
"expansion": "Middle English preventen (“anticipate”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "praeventus"
},
"expansion": "Latin praeventus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "praeveniō",
"t": "I anticipate"
},
"expansion": "praeveniō (“I anticipate”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "prae",
"t": "before"
},
"expansion": "prae (“before”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "veniō",
"t": "I come"
},
"expansion": "veniō (“I come”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English preventen (“anticipate”), from Latin praeventus, perfect passive participle of praeveniō (“I anticipate”), from prae (“before”) + veniō (“I come”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "prevents",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "preventing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "prevented",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "prevented",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "prevent (third-person singular simple present prevents, present participle preventing, simple past and past participle prevented)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"pre‧vent"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I brush my teeth regularly to prevent tooth decay.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Scotland must now hope Georgia produce a huge upset and beat Argentina by at least eight points in Sunday's final Pool B match to prevent them failing to make the last eight for the first time in World Cup history.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something)."
],
"links": [
[
"stop",
"stop"
],
[
"keep from",
"keep from"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To take preventative measures."
],
"links": [
[
"preventative",
"preventative"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To come before; to precede."
],
"links": [
[
"precede",
"precede"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To outdo, surpass."
],
"links": [
[
"outdo",
"outdo"
],
[
"surpass",
"surpass"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, transitive) To outdo, surpass."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To be beforehand with; to anticipate."
],
"links": [
[
"beforehand",
"beforehand"
],
[
"anticipate",
"anticipate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, transitive) To be beforehand with; to anticipate."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɹɪˈvɛnt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɹəˈvɛnt/",
"note": "weak vowel merger"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛnt"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-prevent.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/16/En-us-prevent.ogg/En-us-prevent.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/En-us-prevent.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "prævent"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "manaʕa",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "مَنَعَ"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "manaʕ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "منع"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "praduxiljácʹ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "прадухіля́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "praduxilícʹ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "прадухілі́ць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predotvratjavam",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "предотвратявам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poprečvam",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "попречвам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "impedir"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "prevenir"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "預防"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yùfáng",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "预防"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fángzhǐ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "防止"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "bránit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "zabránit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "forhindre"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "verhinderen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "voorkomen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "malhelpi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "malebligi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "preventi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "ennetama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "estää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "ehkäistä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "empêcher"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "impedir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "verhindern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "vorbeugen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "etwas daran hindern (zu geschehen)"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "analatjan",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apotrépo",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "αποτρέπω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kōlúō",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "κωλύω"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "anpeche"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "maná'",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "מָנַע"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "megakadályoz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "meggátol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "megelőz"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "estää"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "essyttää"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "urghair"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "coisc"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "impedire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "prevenire"
},
{
"alt": "よぼうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yobō suru",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "予防する"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "makda",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "막다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "banghaehada",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "방해하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "arceō"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "mencegah"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "taṭayuka",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "തടയുക"
},
{
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "doigomšombi",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "ᡩᠣᡳᡤᠣᠮᡧᠣᠮᠪᡳ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "whakahōtaetae"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "whakakati"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "forebygge"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zapobiegać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zapobiec"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "impedir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "prevenir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "preveni"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "preîntâmpina"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predotvraščátʹ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "предотвраща́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predotvratítʹ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "предотврати́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mešátʹ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "меша́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pomešátʹ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "помеша́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "спре́чити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "спреча́вати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "spréčiti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "sprečávati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "impedir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "prevenir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "förhindra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "förebygga"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "iwasan"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "nivāriñcu",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "నివారించు"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zapobiháty",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "запобіга́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zapobíhty",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "запобі́гти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "ngăn"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "ngăn chặn"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "atal"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "rhwystro"
}
],
"word": "prevent"
}
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