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prevent [prevented, preventing, prevents] (to keep from happening, see also: forestall; avert; ward off) verb [UK: prɪ.ˈvent] [US: prɪ.ˈvent] | |
preventive (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to) adjective [UK: prɪ.ˈven.tɪv] [US: prɪ.ˈven.tɪv] | (Bokmål) forebyggendeadjective (Nynorsk) førebyggjandeadjective |