We found 37 dictionaries that define the word
prevent:
General (29 matching dictionaries)
- prevent: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- prevent: Merriam-Webster
- prevent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
- prevent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
- prevent: Collins English Dictionary
- prevent: Vocabulary.com
- Prevent, prevent: Wordnik
- prevent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- prevent: Wiktionary
- prevent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
- prevent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
- prevent: Infoplease Dictionary
- Prevent, prevent: Dictionary.com
- prevent: Online Etymology Dictionary
- prevent: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
- PReVENT, Prevent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
- Prevent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
- prevent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
- prevent: Rhymezone
- prevent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
- prevent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
- Prevent: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
- prevent: FreeDictionary.org
- prevent: Mnemonic Dictionary
- prevent: TheFreeDictionary.com
- Prevent: World Wide Words
- prevent: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
Art (1 matching dictionary)
- Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
Business (1 matching dictionary)
- prevent: Legal dictionary
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- prevent: Encyclopedia
Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
- PREVENT: Medical dictionary
Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
- PREVENT: Acronym Finder
- AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
- prevent: Idioms
Religion (1 matching dictionary)
- PREVENT: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE
(Note: See
preventability as well.)
▸ verb: (transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
▸ verb: (intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures.
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede.
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To outdo, surpass.
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
keep,
forestall,
forbid,
foreclose,
preclude,
deter,
avoid,
inhibit,
thwart,
discourage,
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