prevenire — meaning in English
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English meaning
- deter verb To discourage someone from doing something, usually through fear of a consequence.
- forestall verb To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
- obviate verb To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
- prevent verb To stop something from happening, or to keep someone from doing something.
Senses
prevenire is used for these senses in English:
- deter (transitive) To prevent something from happening.
- forestall (transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
- obviate (transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
- prevent (transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something). [from 16th c.]
- stave off (idiomatic) To prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert.
forestall — full definition
- verb To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
- verb To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
- verb To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
- verb To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.