предотвраща́ть — meaning in English
predotvrashchat
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English meaning
- deter verb To discourage someone from doing something, usually through fear of a consequence.
- FOIL noun A very thin, flexible sheet of metal, especially aluminum, used for wrapping food.
- forestall verb To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
- preclude verb To make something impossible or rule it out in advance.
- prevent verb To stop something from happening, or to keep someone from doing something.
Senses
предотвраща́ть 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.
- preclude (transitive) To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.
- 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.
- ward off (transitive) To avert or prevent.
FOIL — full definition
- noun A very thin, flexible sheet of metal, especially aluminum, used for wrapping food.
- verb To prevent a plan, attempt, or plot from succeeding.
- noun A person or thing that highlights another's qualities by contrast, especially in a story.
- noun A thin fencing sword with a blunted tip, used in the sport of fencing.