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{
"categories": [],
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{
"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.",
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"(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something)."
],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "manaʕa",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "مَنَعَ"
},
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
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"roman": "praduxiljácʹ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "прадухіля́ць"
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"roman": "praduxilícʹ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "прадухілі́ць"
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"roman": "predotvratjavam",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "предотвратявам"
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"roman": "poprečvam",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "попречвам"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "impedir"
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "prevenir"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "預防"
},
{
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"roman": "yùfáng",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "预防"
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"roman": "fángzhǐ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "防止"
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "bránit"
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "voorkomen"
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "malhelpi"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "malebligi"
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "preventi"
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"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "ennetama"
},
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "estää"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "ehkäistä"
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "empêcher"
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "impedir"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "verhindern"
},
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"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "vorbeugen"
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"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "etwas daran hindern (zu geschehen)"
},
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"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "analatjan",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
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"roman": "apotrépo",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "αποτρέπω"
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"roman": "kōlúō",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "κωλύω"
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "anpeche"
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"code": "he",
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"roman": "maná'",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "מָנַע"
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"roman": "nivāraṇ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
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"word": "निवारण"
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "megakadályoz"
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "megelőz"
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "estää"
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"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "essyttää"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "urghair"
},
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"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "coisc"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "impedire"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "prevenire"
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"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 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": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "makda",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "막다"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "banghaehada",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "방해하다"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "arceō"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "mencegah"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "taṭayuka",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "തടയുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "doigomšombi",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "ᡩᠣᡳᡤᠣᠮᡧᠣᠮᠪᡳ"
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"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "whakahōtaetae"
},
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"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "whakakati"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "forebygge"
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"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "zapobiegać"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
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],
"word": "zapobiec"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "impedir"
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"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "prevenir"
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "preveni"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "preîntâmpina"
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"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
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"roman": "predotvraščátʹ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "предотвраща́ть"
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"roman": "predotvratítʹ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
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"perfective"
],
"word": "предотврати́ть"
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"roman": "mešátʹ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "меша́ть"
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"roman": "pomešátʹ",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
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"perfective"
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"word": "помеша́ть"
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
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"perfective"
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
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"Roman",
"perfective"
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"word": "spréčiti"
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
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"imperfective"
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"word": "sprečávati"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "impedir"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "prevenir"
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"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "förhindra"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "förebygga"
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"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "iwasan"
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"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "nivāriñcu",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "నివారించు"
},
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"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zapobiháty",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "запобіга́ти"
},
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"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "zapobíhty",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "запобі́гти"
},
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"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "ngăn"
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"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
"word": "ngăn chặn"
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"_dis1": "60 3 32 0 5",
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
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"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to keep from happening — see also forestall, avert, ward off",
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"ref": "1897 October 16, Henry James, What Maisie Knew, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y.: Herbert S. Stone & Co., →OCLC:",
"text": "I think you must be mad, and she shall not have a glimpse of it while I'm here to prevent!",
"type": "quote"
}
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"To take preventative measures."
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"(intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures."
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"intransitive"
]
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"masculine"
],
"word": "निवारण"
},
{
"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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