prevent
Meaning
- To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
- To take preventative measures.
- (obsolete) To come before; to precede.
- (obsolete) To outdo, surpass.
- (obsolete) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pre‧vent
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɹɪˈvɛnt/
Etymology
From Middle English preventen (“anticipate”), from Latin praeventus, perfect passive participle of praeveniō (“I anticipate”), from prae (“before”) + veniō (“I come”).
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