Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word PREVENT

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Definitions of PREVENT

1. (transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something). [from 16th c.]
2. (intransitive, now, rare) To take preventative measures. [from 16th c.]
3. (obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede. [16th]
4. (obsolete, transitive) To outdo, surpass. [16th]
5. (obsolete, transitive) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.

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Examples of Using PREVENT in a Sentence

• Lady Byron was anxious about her daughter's upbringing and promoted Lovelace's interest in mathematics and logic in an effort to prevent her from developing her father's perceived insanity.
• An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to secure a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current.
• Ancient Greeks wore amethyst and carved drinking vessels from it in the belief that it would prevent intoxication.
• Herschbach found that approval voting would increase voter participation, prevent minor-party candidates from being spoilers, and reduce negative campaigning.
• The drug is used to prevent and treat several bacterial infections, such as respiratory tract infections, urinary tract infections, meningitis, salmonellosis, and endocarditis.
• The primary intention for the Wall's construction was to prevent East German citizens from fleeing to the West.
• While bouldering can be done without any equipment, most climbers use climbing shoes to help secure footholds, chalk to keep their hands dry and to provide a firmer grip, and bouldering mats to prevent injuries from falls.
• The Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, often abbreviated as Air Convention or CLRTAP, is intended to protect the human environment against air pollution and to gradually reduce and prevent air pollution, including long-range transboundary air pollution.
• Procedures may begin within minutes of death, and use cryoprotectants to try to prevent ice formation during cryopreservation.
• They reduce the likelihood of leaks occurring compared to single-hulled tankers, and their ability to prevent or reduce oil spills led to double hulls being standardized for oil tankers and other types of ships including by the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships or MARPOL Convention.
• To pierce dough during its handling to prevent the formation of large air pockets, such as with a roller docker.
• Dieting is the practice of eating food in a regulated way to decrease, maintain, or increase body weight, or to prevent and treat diseases such as diabetes and obesity.
• The respirator was to prevent the inhaling of injurious gases, and to supply the miner with good air; the lamps were constructed to burn in the most inflammable kind of fire-damp without igniting the gas.
• Bismarck saw the alliance as a way to prevent the isolation of the German Empire, which had just been founded a few years before, and to preserve peace, as Russia would not wage war against both empires.
• It may also be used during pregnancy to prevent Group B streptococcal infection in the newborn, and to improve delayed stomach emptying.
• First aid is the first and immediate assistance given to any person with either a minor or serious illness or injury, with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening, or to promote recovery until medical services arrive.
• He won numerous military victories against usurpers and Germanic tribes, but was unable to prevent the secession of important provinces.
• Galvanization (also spelled galvanisation) is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to prevent rusting.
• Twenty-two months earlier, East Germany had erected the Berlin Wall to prevent mass emigration to West Berlin.
• This is a list of infectious diseases arranged by name, along with the infectious agents that cause them, the vaccines that can prevent or cure them when they exist and their current status.
• Iraq's primary rationale for the attack against Iran cited the need to prevent Ruhollah Khomeini—who had spearheaded the Iranian Revolution in 1979—from exporting the new Iranian ideology to Iraq.
• It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering.
• The Kyoto Protocol implemented the objective of the UNFCCC to reduce the onset of global warming by reducing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere to "a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system" (Article 2).
• Its main tasks are to protect the territory of the State; participate in international military operations; and to prevent threats to national security.
• Leather is a strong, flexible and durable material obtained from the tanning, or chemical treatment, of animal skins and hides to prevent decay.

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