See examples of prevent used in a sentence. Prevent, anticipate, forestall mean to deal with beforehand. Prevent implies taking advance measures against something possible or probable.
Definition of prevent verb in oxford advanced learner's dictionary. To prevent is to stop something effectually by forestalling action and rendering it impossible: To prevent the sending of a message.
Find 130 different ways to say prevent, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at thesaurus.com. From middle english preventen ("anticipate"), from latin praeventus, perfect passive participle of praeveniō ("anticipate"), from prae ("before") + veniō ("come"). To prevent means to stop something from happening or arising.
