prevent

Etymology
From, from , perfect passive participle of , from +.

Verb

 * 1)  To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
 * 2)  To take preventative measures.
 * 3)  To come before; to precede.
 * 4)  To outdo, surpass.
 * 5)  To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
 * 1)  To come before; to precede.
 * 2)  To outdo, surpass.
 * 3)  To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
 * 1)  To outdo, surpass.
 * 2)  To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
 * 1)  To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
 * 1)  To be beforehand with; to anticipate.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:hinder

Derived terms

 * prevent defense

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: منع
 * Belarusian: прадухіля́ць, прадухілі́ць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:, malebligi, preventi
 * Estonian: ennetama
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, , etwas daran hindern (zu geschehen)
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κωλύω
 * Haitian Creole: anpeche
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: estää, essyttää
 * Irish: urghair, coisc
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: arceō
 * Malay: cegah
 * Malayalam:
 * Manchu: ᡩᠣᡳᡤᠣᠮᡧᠣᠮᠪᡳ
 * Maori: whakahōtaetae, whakakati
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: спре́чити, спреча́вати
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: iwasan
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian: запобіга́ти, запобі́гти
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh: ,