"prevent" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /prəˈvɛnt/ Audio: en-us-prevent.ogg [US] Forms: prevent [canonical], prevents [third-person, singular], prevented [past], prevented [past, participle], preventing [present, participle]
enPR: /prə-věnt'/ Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When you prevent something, you stop it from happening.
    Sense id: simple-prevent-en-verb-wNw7i6P~
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    },
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      ]
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      "form": "prevented",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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        "past",
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    },
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      ]
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        {
          "text": "To prevent accidents, you must do everything with care."
        },
        {
          "text": "No one can prevent us from going."
        }
      ],
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        "When you prevent something, you stop it from happening."
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/prəˈvɛnt/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/pr@\"vEnt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-prevent.ogg",
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        "US"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
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    },
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      "form": "preventing",
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        "present",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/prəˈvɛnt/"
    },
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        "US"
      ]
    }
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