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prevent

verbcandidate·updated May 11, 2026

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To keep something from happening or stop someone from doing something.

Classifications

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Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

5 surface forms

synonym: not take place
pasttense: prevented
presentparticiple: preventing
thirdpersonsingular: prevents
pastparticiple: prevented

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