Definizione monolingua

prevent

prevent (third-person singular simple present prevents, present participle preventing, simple past and past participle prevented)

1. (transitive) To stop; to keep (from happening). [from 16th c.]

   I brushed my teeth to prevent them from going yellow.

   • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, BBC Sport:

     Scotland must now hope Georgia produce a huge upset and beat Argentina by at least eight points in Sundays final Pool B match to prevent them failing to make the last eight for the first time in World Cup history.

2. (intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures. [from 16th c.]
   • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:

     ‘I think you must be mad, and she shall not have a glimpse of it while Im here to prevent!’

3. (obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede. [16th-18th c.]
4. (obsolete, transitive) To outdo, surpass. [16th-17th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i:

     With that he put his spurres vnto his steed, / With speare in rest, and toward him did fare, / Like shaft out of a bow preuenting speed.

Definizione dizionario prevent

	impedire
	to keep from happening
	Fare in modo di evitare che qualcosa succeda.
	To avoid the occurrence of an event.

	prevenire
	to keep from happening

bloccare

difendere

disturbare

evitare

fermare

interrompere

opporsi

ostacolare

proibire

proteggere

ritardare

tenere

trattenere

troncare

Altri significati:

(intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures. [from 16th c.]

defend (against)

(transitive) To stop; to keep (from happening). [from 16th c.]

(obsolete, transitive) To outdo, surpass. [16th-17th c.]

(obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede. [16th-18th c.]