Dictionary Entry
forestall
forestall is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.
- 2transitive verb
To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance.
- 3transitive verb
To deprive; -- with of.
- 4transitive verb
To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
- 5verb
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
"My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
"Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
- 6verb
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
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