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Meaning of prevent

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  prevent
      v 1: keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense
           of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the
           projects precludes your involvement in the competitive
           project" [syn: {prevent}, {forestall}, {foreclose},
           {preclude}, {forbid}]
      2: stop (someone or something) 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: {prevent}, {keep}] [ant:
         {allow}, {let}, {permit}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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