6 дней назад · to stop something from happening or someone from doing something: Label your suitcases to prevent confusion.

Prevent definition: to keep from occurring; avert; hinder. See examples of PREVENT used in a sentence.

preventive. Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to. Carried out to deter military aggression. Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.

​that can be stopped from happening. preventable diseases/accidents. Want to learn more? Find out which words work together and produce more ...

The earliest known use of the adjective prevented is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for prevented is from 1568, in a translation by J.

4 дня назад · 1. to keep from happening or existing steps; to prevent war. 2. to hold or keep back : hinder, stop; often used with from. 3. to deprive of power or hope of ...

6 дней назад · PREVENT definition: 1. to stop something happening or to stop someone ... preventable. adjective. If something is preventable, it can be ...

There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective preventing, three of which are labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, ...

Use the adjective preventative to describe something that helps keep you free of disease, like a healthy diet and plenty of exercise.