prevent

prevent is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.
2. transitive verb. To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
3. transitive verb. To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart.
4. intransitive verb. To come before the usual time.
5. verb. stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state

   "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"

   "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"

   Synonyms: keep

6. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude

Synonyms

keep, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude

Common word forms

prevents, prevented, preventer, preventing, preventable

Words from these letters

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