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{
"term": "prevent",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "prevent",
"heSheIt": "prevents"
},
"pastSimple": "prevented",
"pastParticiple": "prevented",
"ingForm": "preventing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to stop somebody from doing something; to stop something from happening",
"sensetop": "prevent something/somebodyprevent somebody/something from doing somethingprevent somebody/something doing something",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The accident could have been prevented.",
"contextForm": "prevent something/somebody"
},
{
"text": "Maddie would have joined the army if an injury had not prevented her."
},
{
"text": "The government took steps to prevent a scandal."
},
{
"text": "He is prevented by law from holding a licence.",
"contextForm": "prevent somebody/something from doing something"
},
{
"text": "Nothing would prevent him from speaking out against injustice."
},
{
"text": "Nothing would prevent him speaking out against injustice.",
"contextForm": "prevent somebody/something doing something"
},
{
"text": "A good sunscreen will help prevent sunburn."
},
{
"text": "These strategies are aimed at preventing crime."
},
{
"text": "Action must be swift in order to prevent further damage."
},
{
"text": "The drug inhibits the replication of cancer cells, thereby preventing their spread."
},
{
"text": "Better intelligence could have possibly prevented the attack."
},
{
"text": "The whole affair is an outrage and the authorities have done nothing to prevent it."
},
{
"text": "a study to determine whether the brace can reliably prevent knee injuries"
},
{
"text": "No one can prevent you from attending this meeting."
},
{
"text": "There's nothing to prevent these guys from copying our idea."
},
{
"text": "They took action to prevent the disease from spreading."
},
{
"text": "These barriers completely prevent new companies from entering the market."
},
{
"text": "This new legislation effectively prevents us from trading."
},
{
"text": "There was nothing to prevent him setting up in business on the premises."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["effectively", "reliably", "successfully"],
"verb + prevent": ["be able to", "be unable to", "can"],
"preposition": ["from"],
"phrases": [
"aimed at preventing something",
"action to prevent something",
"measures to prevent something"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈvent/",
"audio": "pr/prevent/prevent__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈvents/",
"audio": "pr/prevent/prevents__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈventɪd/",
"audio": "pr/prevent/prevented__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈventɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/prevent/preventing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈvent/",
"audio": "pr/prevent/prevent__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈvents/",
"audio": "pr/prevent/prevents__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈventɪd/",
"audio": "pr/prevent/prevented__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈventɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/prevent/preventing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘act in anticipation of’): from Latin praevent- ‘preceded, hindered’, from the verb praevenire, from prae ‘before’ + venire ‘come’."
}