Слово англійською: prevent
Дієслово
Переклад prevent українською: перешко́дити чому́, запобі́гти чому́сь, попере́дити що, запобіга́ти чому́сь, перешкоджа́ти кому́/чому́ зроби́ти що
Детальний опис
- to stop somebody from doing something; to stop something from happening
- prevent something/somebody The accident could have been prevented.
- Maddie would have joined the army if an injury had not prevented her.
- The government took steps to prevent a scandal.
- prevent somebody/something from doing something He is prevented by law from holding a licence.
- Nothing would prevent him from speaking out against injustice.
- prevent somebody/something doing something (British English) Nothing would prevent him speaking out against injustice.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘act in anticipation of’): from Latin praevent- ‘preceded, hindered’, from the verb praevenire, from prae ‘before’ + venire ‘come’.