transcription, транскрипция: [ prɪvent ]
( prevents, preventing, prevented)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
To prevent something means to ensure that it does not happen.
These methods prevent pregnancy...
Further treatment will prevent cancer from developing...
We recognized the possibility and took steps to prevent it happening.
VERB : V n , V n from -ing , V n -ing
• pre‧ven‧tion
...the prevention of heart disease.
...crime prevention.
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2.
To prevent someone from doing something means to make it impossible for them to do it.
He said this would prevent companies from creating new jobs...
The police have been trying to prevent them carrying weapons.
VERB : V n from -ing , V n -ing