~ sb/sth (from doing sth) to stop sb from doing sth; to stop sth from happening:
[VN] The accident could have been prevented. * He is prevented by law from holding a licence. * Nothing would prevent him from speaking out against injustice. * The government took steps to prevent a scandal. * [VN-ing] (BrE) Nothing would prevent him / his speaking out against further injustices. [also V-ing]
preventable adjective:
preventable diseases / accidents
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for prevent is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is prevent a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, prevent is tagged as verb.
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