prevent

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Plain form
prevent

Third-person singular
prevents

Past tense
prevented

Past participle
prevented

Present participle
preventing

  1. (transitive & intransitive) When you prevent something, you stop it from happening.
    To prevent accidents, you must do everything with care.
    No one can prevent us from going.

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