İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. önlemek, engellemek. f. önlemek, engellemek, mâni olmak; -den alıkoymak. (from ile) önlemek, önüne geçmek, engellemek, -den alikoymak. önle. önle. f. önlemek, engellemek, mâni olmak; -den alıkoymak. önlemek. önle. önüne geçmek, menetmek, önlemek, engel olmak, önden gitmek, yol göstermek.
2. engelleme, preventable önlenebilir, önüne geçilebilir, engelle, engellemek, preventionönleme, önünü almak, durdurmak, durdurulur, önlemek.
3. (from ile) önlemek. önüne geçmek. engellemek. -den alıkoymak.
4. önlemek. engel olmak. mâni olmak. durdurmak.
5. önle.

Etymology : Middle English, to anticipate, from Latin praeventus, past participle of praevenire to come before, anticipate, forestall, from prae- + venire to come; more at COME
Pronunciation : pri-vent
Function : verb
Date : 15th century

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1. cause not to happen, avert; delay, impede, hinder. prevent\pre*vent"\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. prevented; p. pr. & vb. n. preventing.] [l. praevenire, praeventum; prae before + venire to come. see: come.].
2. to go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. [obs.] we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. iv.
3. we pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us. of common prayer. then had i come, preventing sheba's queen.
4. to be beforehand with; to anticipate. [obs.] their ready guilt preventing thy commands.
5. to intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart. "this vile purpose to prevent." perhaps forestalling night prevented them.prevent \pre*vent"\, v. i. to come before the usual time. [obs.] strawberries will prevent and come early.prevent v.
6. keep from happening of arising; have the effect of preventing; "my sense of tact forbids an honest answer" [syn: forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid].
7. prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "we must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "his snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "keep the child from eating the marbles" [syn: keep] [ant: let].
8. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.
9. To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
10. To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart.
11. To come before the usual time. prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles" keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer".
12. 1. To prevent something means to ensure that it does not happen. These methods prevent pregnancy Further treatment will prevent cancer from developing We recognized the possibility and took steps to prevent it happening. + prevention pre·ven·tion the prevention of heart disease. crime prevention.
13. To prevent someone from doing something means to make it impossible for them to do it. He said this would prevent companies from creating new jobs The police have been trying to prevent them carrying weapons. to stop something from happening, or stop someone from doing something (past participle of praevenire ).