PREVENTINGdefinition: 1. present participle of prevent 2. to stop something from happening or someone from doing…. Learn more.
To keep from happening; avert: took steps topreventthe strike. 2. To keep (a person or thing) from doing something; impede:preventedus from winning;preventedthe disease from spreading. 3. Archaic. a. To anticipate or counter in advance. b. To come before; precede. To present an obstacle: There will be a picnic if nothing prevents.
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prevent, anticipate, forestall mean to deal with beforehand.preventimplies taking advance measures against something possible or probable. anticipate may imply merely getting ahead of another by being a precursor or forerunner or it may imply checking another's intention by acting first.
to stop somebody from doing something; to stop something from happening.preventsomething/somebody The accident could have beenprevented. Maddie would have joined the army if an injury had notpreventedher. The government took steps topreventa scandal.
Topreventis to stop something effectually by forestalling action and rendering it impossible: topreventthe sending of a message. To hamper is to clog or entangle or put an embarrassing restraint upon: to hamper preparations for a trip. To hinder is to keep back by delaying or stopping progress or action: to hinder the progress of an expedition.
