prevent

prevent
transitive verb
(hinder) verhindern; verhüten; (forestall) vorbeugen; verhüten

prevent somebody from doing something, prevent somebody's doing something, (coll.) prevent somebody doing something — jemanden daran hindern od. davon abhalten, etwas zu tun

there is nothing to prevent me — nichts hindert mich daran

prevent somebody from coming — jemanden am Kommen hindern

catch somebody's arm to prevent him [from] falling — jemanden am Arm fassen, damit er nicht fällt

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[pri'vent]
verb
(to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) hindern
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- preventive
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pre·vent
[prɪˈvent]
vt
▪ to \prevent sth etw verhindern; MED etw dat vorbeugen
to \prevent accidents/confusion/panic Unfälle/Verwirrung/Panik vermeiden
to \prevent crime Verbrechen verhüten
▪ to \prevent sb/sth [from] doing sth jdn/etw daran hindern [o davon abhalten], etw zu tun
there's nothing to \prevent us from doing it davon kann uns überhaupt nichts abhalten
to \prevent a bomb from exploding/a disease from spreading verhindern, dass eine Bombe explodiert/dass sich eine Krankheit ausbreitet
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[prɪ'vent]
vt
sth verhindern, verhüten; (through preventive measures) vorbeugen (+dat)

to prevent sb (from) doing sth — jdn daran hindern or davon abhalten, etw zu tun

the gate is there to prevent them from falling down the stairs — das Gitter ist dazu da, dass sie nicht die Treppe hinunterfallen

to prevent sb from coming —

there is nothing to prevent me — nichts kann mich daran hindern or davon abhalten

to prevent sth (from) happening — verhindern, dass etw geschieht

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prevent [prıˈvent] v/t
1. verhindern, -hüten, einer Sache vorbeugen oder zuvorkommen:
prevent misunderstandings, … um Missverständnissen vorzubeugen, …
2. (from) jemanden hindern (an dat), abhalten, fernhalten (von):
prevent sb (from) coming jemanden am Kommen hindern, jemanden vom Kommen abhalten
3. obs oder BIBEL jemandem (schützend) vorangehen, mit jemandem sein:
God’s grace prevents us
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transitive verb
(hinder) verhindern; verhüten; (forestall) vorbeugen; verhüten

prevent somebody from doing something, prevent somebody's doing something, (coll.) prevent somebody doing something — jemanden daran hindern od. davon abhalten, etwas zu tun

there is nothing to prevent me — nichts hindert mich daran

prevent somebody from coming — jemanden am Kommen hindern

catch somebody's arm to prevent him [from] falling — jemanden am Arm fassen, damit er nicht fällt

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v.
verhindern v.
vorbeugen v.

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