PREVENT | • prevent v. (Transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something). • prevent v. (Intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures. • prevent v. (Obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede. |
PREVENTABILITY | • preventability n. (Uncountable) The condition of being preventable. • preventability n. (Countable) The extent to which something is preventable. • PREVENTABILITY n. the state of being preventable. |
PREVENTABLE | • preventable adj. Capable of being prevented. • preventable n. Something that can be prevented. • PREVENTABLE adj. that can be prevented, also PREVENTIBLE. |
PREVENTABLY | • preventably adv. Such that it could be prevented. • PREVENTABLE adv. that can be prevented, also PREVENTIBLE. |
PREVENTATIVE | • preventative adj. Alternative form of preventive. • preventative n. Alternative form of preventive. • PREVENTATIVE adj. acting to prevent, also PREVENTIVE. |
PREVENTATIVES | • preventatives n. Plural of preventative. • PREVENTATIVE n. something intended to prevent. |
PREVENTED | • prevented v. Simple past tense and past participle of prevent. • PREVENT v. to keep from happening. |
PREVENTER | • preventer n. One who, or that which, prevents. • preventer n. (Nautical) An arrangement, made with ropes and blocks, that prevents the boom of a sailing boat from… • preventer n. (Nautical) Any of various lines set up to reinforce or relieve ordinary running or standing rigging. |
PREVENTERS | • preventers n. Plural of preventer. • PREVENTER n. one who prevents. |
PREVENTIBILITY | • PREVENTIBILITY n. the state of being preventible. |
PREVENTIBLE | • preventible adj. Alternative form of preventable. • preventible n. Alternative form of preventable. • PREVENTIBLE adj. that can be prevented, also PREVENTABLE. |
PREVENTIBLY | • PREVENTIBLE adv. that can be prevented, also PREVENTABLE. |
PREVENTING | • preventing v. Present participle and gerund of prevent. • PREVENT v. to keep from happening. |
PREVENTION | • prevention n. The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. • prevention n. (Medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (Such as information campaigns, vaccination… • prevention n. (Obsolete) The act of going, or state of being, before. |
PREVENTIONS | • preventions n. Plural of prevention. • PREVENTION n. the act of preventing. |
PREVENTIVE | • preventive adj. Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to. • preventive adj. Carried out to deter military aggression. • preventive adj. Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic. |
PREVENTIVELY | • preventively adv. In a preventive way. • PREVENTIVE adv. serving to prevent, also PREVENTATIVE. |
PREVENTIVENESS | • preventiveness n. The quality of being preventive. • PREVENTIVE n. serving to prevent, also PREVENTATIVE. |
PREVENTIVES | • preventives n. Plural of preventive. • PREVENTIVE n. something that prevents. |
PREVENTS | • prevents v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prevent. • PREVENT v. to keep from happening. |