"prevent" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Inglés]

IPA: /pɹɪˈvɛnt/ [California], /pɹəˈvɛnt/, /pɹɪˈvent/ [Australia] Audio: en-us-prevent.ogg [California]
Etymology: Del inglés medio preventen ('anticipar'), del latín praeventus, participio perfecto pasivo de praeveniō ("yo anticipo"), de antes + veniō ("yo voy"). Forms: preventing [impersonal, gerund], prevented [impersonal, participle], preventest [second-person, indicative, present, archaic], prevents [third-person, singular, indicative, present], preventeth [third-person, singular, indicative, present, archaic], prevented [first-person, indicative, preterite], prevented [second-person, indicative, preterite], preventedst [second-person, indicative, preterite, archaic], prevented [third-person, singular, indicative, preterite], prevented [third-person, plural, indicative, preterite], have prevented [first-person, indicative, compound, past], have prevented [second-person, indicative, compound, past], has prevented [third-person, singular, indicative, compound, past], have prevented [third-person, plural, indicative, compound, past], had prevented [first-person, indicative, pluperfect], had prevented [second-person, indicative, pluperfect], had prevented [third-person, singular, indicative, pluperfect], had prevented [third-person, plural, indicative, pluperfect], will prevent [first-person, indicative, future], will prevent [second-person, indicative, future], will prevent [third-person, singular, indicative, future], will prevent [third-person, plural, indicative, future], will have prevented [first-person, indicative, future, compound], will have prevented [second-person, indicative, future, compound], will have prevented [third-person, singular, indicative, future, compound], will have prevented [third-person, plural, indicative, future, compound], would prevent [first-person, conditional], would prevent [second-person, conditional], would prevent [third-person, singular, conditional], would prevent [third-person, plural, conditional], would have prevented [first-person, conditional, compound], would have prevented [second-person, conditional, compound], would have prevented [third-person, singular, conditional, compound], would have prevented [third-person, plural, conditional, compound], prevented [first-person, subjunctive, preterite], prevented [second-person, subjunctive, preterite], prevented [third-person, singular, subjunctive, preterite], prevented [third-person, plural, subjunctive, preterite], let's prevent [third-person, plural, imperative, present]
  1. Impedir.
    Sense id: es-prevent-en-verb-KEnucKhq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): EN:Palabras bisílabas, EN:Palabras provenientes del inglés medio, EN:Verbos, EN:Verbos regulares, Inglés

Inflected forms

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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              30,
              37
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          "text": "I brush my teeth regularly to prevent tooth decay."
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    {
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        "present"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "prevent"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-10-06 from the eswiktionary dump dated 2025-10-01 using wiktextract (19bd8d3 and 1ab82da). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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